Whoopingcoughinfectionsontherise--Learnwhatyoucando!
Whoopingcough(pertussis)isavaccine-
preventable infection that has had a worldwide resurgence this year, including recently throughout Ontario. Within its service area this year, Public Health Sudbury & Districts has received reports of 8 people being infected with whooping cough, 5 of which have been since the start of June Whooping cough is a bacterial respiratory infection that spreads easily from person to person when an infected person coughsorsneezes.
“Weareremindingthepublicthatthebest protectionagainstwhoopingcoughistomakesure you and your family are up to date with your routine vaccinations,” said Dr Mustafa Hirji, Acting Medical Officer of Health and Chief
Executive Officer for Public Health Sudbury & Districts.“Ifyouarepotentiallymissingavaccine dose or you are unsure of your vaccination status, please contact your health care provider, Public Health, or check your immunization records online,”saidDr.Hirji.
Symptoms of whooping cough usually start with mild cold-like symptoms including sneezing, running nose, mild fever, and a mild coughfor1to2weeks.Thecoughthenprogresses into intense coughing fits that can make a person vomit, gag, or have a high pitch “whoop” sound whentheytakeadeepbreath
Ifyouhavesymptomsofwhoopingcough or were exposed to someone who has whooping cough or pertussis, contact your health care
provider IMPORTANT: before visiting their office or any clinic, call to tell them about your illness and to get guidance to help prevent spreadingtheinfectiontoothers.
Immunization records and immunization schedules
! Learn how to access and update your online immunization records by visiting wwwphsd ca/health-topics-programs/vaccinesimmunizations/immunization-records-reportingvaccinations/.
! For information about vaccine eligibility based on age and other criteria or requirements, please refer to the Ontario Publicly Funded Immunization Schedule (wwwontarioca/page/ vaccine-resources-professionals#section-2).
Haussedescasdetouxcoquelucheuse—apprenezcequevouspouvezfaire!
Latouxcoquelucheuse(oucoqueluche)est une infection bactérienne respiratoire, évitable par la vaccination, qui, cette année, connaît une résurgence mondiale et s’est répanduerécemmentàl’échelleontarienne. Dans sa zone de service, Santé publique Sudbury et districts a reçu cette année des rapports faisant état de huit personnes infectées par la coqueluche, dont cinq depuis le début du mois de juin. Elle se propage facilement par la touxoul’éternuement.
« Nous vous rappelons que le m e i l l e u r m o y e n
d’assurer votre protection et celle de votre famille consiste à vérifierquevosvaccinationssystématiquessont à jour, a précisé le Dr
MustafaHirji,médecin-hygiénisteintérimaireet directeur général de Santé publique Sudbury et districts.S’ilsepeutqu’ilvousmanqueunedose ousivousignorezaujustevotrestatutvaccinal, veuillezcommuniqueravecvotrefournisseurde soins de santé ou avec Santé publique, ou bien vérifiezvosdossiersd’immunisationenligne.»
Au début, les symptômes sont généralement mineurs et s’apparentent pendant une semaine ou deux à ceux du rhume (éternuements,écoulementnasal,légèrefièvreet légère toux). Ensuite, la toux se transforme en quinte intense qui peut faire vomir, avoir des haut-le-cœur ou émettre un son aigu lorsqu’on respireprofondément.
Sivousprésentezdessymptômesouavez été en contact avec une personne atteinte, communiquezavecvotrefournisseurdesoinsde santé.IMPORTANT:avantdevousrendreàson cabinetouàtouteclinique,appelezpourl’aviser
de votre maladie et obtenir des conseils pour aideràprévenirlapropagation.
Dossiersetcalendriersd’immunisation
Apprenez comment obtenir et mettre à jour vos dossiers d’immunisation en ligne en consultant https://www.phsd.ca/fr/sujets-et-desprogrammes-de-sante/vaccins-immunisations/ declarez-vos-immunisations-ou-obtenez-votredossier/.
Afin de vous renseigner sur l’admissibilité au vaccin selon l’âge et d’autres critèresouexigences,veuillezvousreporteraux calendriersdevaccinationfinancéeparlesecteur public pour l’Ontario (www.ontario.ca/fr /page/ressources-sur-les-vaccins-pour-lesprofessionnels#section-2).
Pour de plus amples renseignements ou pourtoutequestion,veuillezconsulterphsd.caou appeler Santé publique Sudbury et districts au 705.522.9200(1.866.522.9200,sansfrais).
Chapleau Moments
by MichaelJ. Morris
Mulligan's Bay, "Chapleau's beautiful summerresort"wasthesceneof"mostenjoyable" SurprisePartyonWednesdayAugust26,1931,to honour Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brownlee, accordingtotheChapleauPost
Theoccasionwasan"AtHome"toallthe campers at Mulligan's Bay hosted by Mrs. MerrickandsonsHerbandGeorge,tohonourMr andMrs Brownlee,whohaddecidedtoselltheir summerhomeonBrownleeIsland
The Chapleau Post reported that it was beingsoldtoMr andMrs WilliamCard"thatthey might enjoy to the full, with their family, the beauty, grandeur and refreshing vigour that only such a life can give." It became known as Card Island.
The Brownlees seemed to be the first to openandthelasttoclosetheircottageandallwere welcomeontheirisland,thereportsaid.
Chapleau's'beautifulsummerresort'sceneofsurprise partyforMr.andMrs.RichardBrownleein1931
A little later, lanterns werelightedamongthetreesand "withthemoonpeepingoutofthe clouds made a charming background for the happy faces that were to visit and enjoy a few hourstogether"
The orchestra was Alf Comte and his son along with Herb Lucas (Mr Comte took over Mr Brownlee's barber shop whenheretiredin1931,thesame yearhesoldtheisland.Mr.Lucas workedinitformanyyears.)
The guests "tripped the light fantastic" until the wee small hours" at which time D.O. Payette "called the company to order" and a presentation was made to Mr and Mrs Brownlee JB Dexterreadalettertothem
It read in part: " It was with great surprise and sincere regret that we, the campers of Mulligan's Bay and surrounding district heard that you had disposed of your beautiful island and summer home It is hard to realizethatyouarenottoremain membersofourlittlecommunity for you are the pioneer campers in this neighbourhood and have always been an inspirationtootherswhohavefollowed yourexample"
The party was held at the Merrick's "Log Cabin" which is still in their family and used yearlybyMerrickGoldstein.
Mrs. Merrick had invited Mr. and Mrs. Brownleeforteathatdayand"notawhisper"was heard until the "Log Cabin" was set up for the party,andtheguestsstartedtoarrive
Theletternotedthatatone timetheBrownleeyachtwasthe only gasoline powered boat, and "you sure were kind-hearted and generous in taking people downthelakeortotheislandfor apicnic."
Theyalsoputoutflagsand markersinthebay.lightsonthe island and a gramophone with a very loud speaker played music "the source of much pleasure to yourneighbours "
"To you then as pioneers, is the credit due for the pleasure weenjoyatoursummerhomes "Agiftwasthen presented to them The letter was signed by Mr PayetteandMr Dexteronbehalfofallthecampers.
Mr Brownlee arrived in Chapleau on February4,1886,andtwodayslater,establisheda barber shop in a tent on the site where the Lady Minto Hospital would be located in 1914, at the cornerofElmandQueenStreets.
Within a short time, he had relocated to Birch Street, in a lean-to attached to the T.A. Austinstore.LaterheboughttheBrownleeBlock. In 1887, he married and he brought his wife Ellen to Chapleau. She was one of the few women there at the time. Both were 19. Mrs. Brownlee died in 1936, and in 1938 he married MarieJeanneLeclerc
Richard Brownlee died at age 83 on August 8, 1951, and his funeral, conducted by Rev E Roy Haddon, was held at St. John's AnglicanChurch
MymostsincerethankstoMargaretRose (Payette) and Bobby Fortin, for lending me the RichardBrownleepapers Itwasalsogreattohave a visit with you when I was home My email is mj.morris@live.ca
Richard Brownlee had one of the first power boats in Chapleau.
Mr.RichardBrownlee
from OTTAWA Rapport d’Ottawa
by/par Carol Hughes Federal member of Parliament Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing
For a decade, we've been hearing, with almost comical absurdity, problems with the Government of Canada's beleaguered payroll system, Phoenix It's been responsible for thousands of people being underpaid, overpaid, orworse,notpaidatall.Justasproblematic,it's been responsible for massive cost overruns that haveballoonedovertheyearstofixcatastrophic problems with its design According to Alex Benay, theAssociate Deputy Minister of Public Services and Procurement, we may be nearing the end of the road for Phoenix, with the caveat thatthebacklogofunresolvedissuesneedstobe clearedanditsreplacementtestedappropriately toensurethisdoesn'thappenagain
While Phoenix's failures have been exceptionally well-documented over the years, here's a quick refresher. In 2009, the Conservative government, under Stephen Harper, was trying to streamline public service pay systems while saving the government money $300 million was set aside to do this, with a $122 million project approved to centralize pay administration for most federal departments,andanother$186milliontocreate anewpaymentsystem Byimplementinganew pay system (Phoenix), the expectation was that theFederalgovernmentwouldsavemillionsby eliminating positions that would be made redundant and automating pay processes. The system would launch, in full, in 2016, despite concerns shared with Public Services and Procurement Canada through independent auditsabouttheviabilityofthesystem Itwould thengoontoexplodeincostsduetoseriouslongtermdeficiencies,withcurrentestimatesputting the cost of the system somewhere around $35 billion
The system was riddled with errors to such a catastrophic extent that, by some estimates, over half of federal public servants have experienced issues directly related to the Phoenix pay system The current backlog of transactions is huge, standing at an astonishing 416,000 ready to be processed as on June 19th Halfofthetransactions,212,000,areoverayear old, half of which are complex problems that requiredirecthumaninputthatPhoenixcan'tin itself fix Those unresolved transactions will needtobefinalizedbeforethenewsystemcanbe putinplace Thegoal,accordingtoBenay,isto processallbackloggedtransactionsbyMarchof
2025
The federal government has estimated that they will spend an additional $936 million over the course of the 2024-2025 fiscal year. Approximatelyhalfofthismoneyistocontinue supporting Phoenix through this process and to alleviate the backlog, and the remainder will be to test and develop the new system, Dayforce Benay has stated that, based on internal and externalreports,theissuessurroundingPhoenix werearesultofhavingseparatesystemsforHR and payroll, as well as the lack of a central pay hub, as various government departments have separate compensation systems, with Phoenix unable to adapt to meet the needs of each department.
As for Dayforce, what is to prevent the new system from becoming a boondoggle like Phoenix? Benay has stated that the government will run into a situation where they are running both Phoenix and Dayforce to ensure a smooth transition to the new system. “We're talking
aboutthreetofive,sixyearsworthofworktoget toanendstate,”saidBenay “Wewillbewiththe currentsystemforquiteawhile.”Afullycosted plan as to how the government intends to implement Dayforce is expected by the end of thisyear
For public servants, particularly those who have already been “burned by Phoenix,” it may be a small comfort to know we are transitioningtoanewsystem.Forthosewhoare anxious for the Federal government to save moneybyditchingPhoenix,itseemslikeweare stuck with it until we know for certain that Dayforce is the right solution to replace it.And we need to be sure it is, because replacing Phoenix cannot end with another boondoggle. WhenformerAuditorGeneralMichaelFerguson examined the implementation of Phoenix, he calledit“anincomprehensiblefailureofproject managementandprojectoversight.”
Wecannotallowthegovernmenttomake thesamemistakeagain.
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Pendant une décennie, nous avons entendu parler des problèmes d'une absurdité presquecomiquequiontminélesystèmedepaie PhénixdugouvernementduCanada.Àcausede ces lacunes, des milliers de personnes ont été sous-payées,surpayéesou,pireencore,n'ontpas étépayéesdutout.Cequiesttoutaussiproblématique, c'est qu'en raison des mesures qu'on a dû prendrepourcorrigerlesproblèmescatastrophiquessurleplandelaconceptiondusystème,les dépassementsdecoûtsontatteintdesproportions énormes au fil des années. Selon Alex Benay, sous-ministre délégué du ministère des Services publics et de l'Approvisionnement, le système Phénixpourraittireràsafin,àconditionqueles problèmes toujours non résolus soient réglés et quelesystèmederemplacementsoitconvenablementmisàl'essaiafind'éviterquecettesituation sereproduise.
LesratésdePhénixontétéexceptionnellement bien documentés au fil des années, mais voici un bref rappel de la situation. En 2009, le gouvernement conservateur de Stephen Harper voulait rationaliser les systèmes de paie de la fonction publique tout en faisant économiser de l'argent au gouvernement. Une somme de 300 millionsdedollarsadoncétéréservéeàcettefin. On a approuvé un projet de 122 millions de dollars visant à centraliser l'administration de la paie pour la plupart des ministères fédéraux, et une somme supplémentaire de 186 millions de dollarsaétéconsacréeàlacréationdenouveaux systèmes de paie. Avec la mise en place d'un nouveausystèmedepaie(Phénix),ons'attendait àcequelegouvernementfédéraléconomisedes millionsdedollarsenautomatisantdesprocessus degestiondelapaieetenéliminantdespostesqui
allaientainsidevenirsuperflus.Lesystèmeaété complètement déployé en 2016, et ce, même si Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada avait été informé des préoccupations soulevées danslecadred'auditsindépendantssurlaviabilité du système. Par la suite, on a assisté à une explosion des coûts en raison de graves lacunes delonguedurée,detellesorteque,selonlesplus récentesestimations,lecoûtdusystèmesesitue auxalentoursde3,5milliardsdedollars. Lasituationdecesystèmetrufféd'erreurs était tellement catastrophique que, selon certaines estimations, plus de la moitié des fonctionnaires fédéraux ont éprouvé des problèmes directement liés au système de paie Phénix. À l'heure actuelle, l'arriéré de transactions à traiter est énorme; le 19 juin, on comptait un nombre ahurissant de 416 000 transactions à traiter. La moitié de ces transactions, soit 212 000, datent d'il y a plus d'un an, et dans la moitié des cas, il s'agitdeproblèmescomplexesquelesystèmene peutpasrésoudreparlui-mêmeetquinécessitent une intervention humaine directe. Il faudra finir derésoudrecestransactionsnonrégléesavantde pouvoir mettre en place le nouveau système. Selon M. Benay, l'objectif est de traiter tous les arriérésdetransactionsd'icimars2025.
Selon ses estimations, le gouvernement fédéraldépenseraunesommesupplémentairede 936 millions de dollars au cours de l'exercice 2024-2025. Environ la moitié de cette somme serviraàcontinuerdesoutenirlesystèmePhénix tout au long de ce processus et à réduire les arriérés,tandisquelerestedesfondsservirontà élaborer et mettre à l'essai le nouveau système, Dayforce.M.Benayaffirmeque,selondes SuiteP.7
Afterafour-year
Timmins - Child protection workers at Kunuwanimano Child and Family Services (KCFS) are stuck in an impossible position. Workers regularly experience violence or face threats and harassment while doing their jobs. Butthey’realsoscaredofbeingreprimandedfor voicingconcernsabouttheirsafety.
With 15 workers currently on sick leave becauseoftraumaandmentalhealthchallenges, moralehasneverbeenlower–andthatishaving a direct effect on the 11 First Nations communitiestheseworkerssupport.
“Thesearechallengingjobsinthebestof times. We’re going into homes that are dealing with extreme poverty and deprivation. Our jobs are to support families and keep children protected and that means we need time and resources to build trust and ensure our own safety,”saidDailynBurnett,PresidentofCUPE 5304 representing roughly 100 workers at KCFS “But we’re responding to calls alone in
dangerous situations. That puts us at risk while leaving the children we’re meant to protect withoutthedepthofcaretheydeserveandneed.”
In light of these challenges and in the hopes of securing a fair deal that invests in workers and services, CUPE 5304 delivered a supermajority petition today signed by 91 members. The petition called on the Board of Directors to ensure a healthy workforce able to meettheneedsofthecommunitiestheyserve.
“We know the history of Indigenous communities and child protection agencies. That’s why these communities deserve even more resources, not less,” said Lorrie Pepin, a childprotectionworkerandmemberofCUPE’s Social Service Workers Coordinating Committee.“Byburningworkersout,byfailing tosupportworkers,theprovinceandthisagency arecontributingtoalongandtragicrelationship between child welfare agencies and Indigenous communities.”
KCFS currently has more than 15 job openings and cannot attract new workers Existingstaff,meanwhile,arecryingintheircars as they routinely face trauma and have been forcedtotakesecondjobsorrelyonfoodbanks because of chronically low wages and a grid systemthathas17stepstoartificiallykeepwages low
“I am incredibly proud of my coworkers for signing this letter. The response was immediate and powerful because we know that ourjobsareimportantandthisfightisaboutthe resources needed to do those jobs better,” said Burnett. “It took us four years to reach our first collective agreement. Workers can’t wait that long to improve services and neither can the familieswesupport.”
The two sides return to the table tomorrow Workers remain hopeful that a fair dealcanbereached.
Lastweekssolutions
MOMENTS IN TIME
OnAug. 7, 1782, Gen. George Washington created the "Badge for Military Merit," today better known as the Purple Heart, a decoration consisting of a purple, heartshapedpieceofsilkedgedwithanarrowbindingofsilver and the word "Merit" stitched in silver across the face, designed to be presented to soldiers for "any singularly meritoriousaction."
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SuitedelaP.4 rapports internes et externes, les problèmes du système Phénix découlent du fait d'avoir des systèmes distincts pour les ressources humaines etpourlagestiondelapaieainsiquedel'absence deservicedepaiecentral,puisquediversministèresontdessystèmesderémunérationdistinctset quelesystèmePhénixnepeutpasêtreadaptéen fonctiondesbesoinsdechaqueministère.
PourcequiestdeDayforce,qu'est-cequi empêche ce système de mener au même gaspillage causé par le système Phénix? M. Benay affirme que le gouvernement arrivera à un point oùildevrautiliseràlafoislesystèmePhénixetle système Dayforce pour assurer une transition sans heurts vers le nouveau système. « On parle d'environ trois à cinq ou six ans de travail avant d'arriveraurésultatfinal»,ditM.Benay «Nous utiliseronslesystèmeactuelencorelongtemps.»
Ons'attendàcequ'unplanentièrementchiffréet indiquant comment le gouvernement compte mettre en œuvre le système Dayforce soit présentéd'icilafindel'année.
Pour les fonctionnaires, en particulier ceuxquiontdéjàété«brûlésparPhénix»,savoir quelatransitionversunnouveausystèmeesten cours pourrait n'être qu'une mince consolation. Pourcequiestdeceuxquionthâtequelegouvernement fédéral économise de l'argent en se débarrassant du système Phénix, il semble que
nous soyons coincés avec ce système jusqu'à ce qu'onaitlacertitudequelesystèmeDayforceest la bonne solution de remplacement, et nous devons en être sûrs, car on ne peut pas se permettre que le remplacement du système Phénix mène au même genre de gaspillage. Lorsque l'ancien vérificateur général Michael Ferguson s'est penché sur la mise en œuvre du système Phénix,ilaconcluqueleprojetétait«unéchec incompréhensibledegestionetdesurveillancede projet».
On ne peut pas laisser le gouvernement commettrecetteerreurànouveau.
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OntarioInvestinginFrancophoneCommunities
Additional$1millionwillsupportFrench languageservicesthroughcommunity grantsprogram
TheOntariogovernmentissupporting74 projectsacrosstheprovincetohelporganizations and businesses provide products and services in Frenchandpromotetherecruitmentandtraining of bilingual Francophone staff. The funding is being delivered through the Francophone CommunityGrantsProgram(FCGP).
"Thanks to our federal partners, we are increasing the funding by 50 per cent for this important program to support more initiatives and organizations that serve the francophone community,"saidCarolineMulroney,Ministerof Francophone Affairs. "Our government is strengthening the capacity of francophone organizations and businesses to contribute to Ontario's cultural and economic prosperity and make a real difference in the daily lives of francophonesandfrancophilesintheprovince."
Thisyear,theFCGPwilldeliveranadditional$1 million in federal funding, as part of the new Canada-Ontario Agreement on MinorityLanguage Services. These funds will support French-languageservicesprojects,increasingthe totalFCGPfundingfrom$2millionto$3million for2024-2025.
“Canada's bilingual status is a source of national pride and identity,” said Randy Boissonnault, federal Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages. “This investment underscores our government's commitment to supporting linguistic minority communities and the importantroletheyplayinbringingculturaland economic vitality to Ontario and every province inthecountry.”
The Francophone Community Grants Program is one of the flagship programs of 'Ontarios Francophone Economic Development Strategy, supporting social enterprises, nonprofit organizations and businesses that offer servicesinFrenchorserveFrancophonemarkets.
UndertheCanada-OntarioAgreementon Minority-Language Services, the FCGP will benefit from an additional $1 million in federal funding per year over the next four years to support French-language services projects, increasing the total funding for the FCGP to $3 millionannually
In2024-2025,theFCGPissupporting68 projects under the Community and Culture stream and six projects under the Economic Developmentstream.
43 per cent of the projects are located in Eastern Ontario, 29 per cent in Central Ontario, 12percentinWesternOntarioand16percentin NorthernOntario.
Thelaunchdateforthe2025-2026edition oftheFCGPwillbeannouncedinearly2025.
