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--></style></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle>Hi all:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle>See below for communications wrt having OHIP cover PSA testing prior to PCa diagnosis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle>These communications come from having members sign a petition sponsored by MPP Wayne Gates.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle>Scroll down and please read the link to the Niagara falls review.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle>It appears that Doug Ford’s government doesn’t care about men with PCa.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle>Feel free to share this widely amongst your network.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle>Take care & stay well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle>Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:k.steele2@sympatico.ca">Ken Steele</a><br><b>Sent: </b>February 17, 2022 4:25 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:glen46nor@gmail.com">Glen Tolhurst</a><br><b>Subject: </b>FW: follow up on your motion to have OHIP coverage of PSA testing</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Here the response from Wayne Gate’s MPP office</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Ken</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> Donnelly, Ryan [mailto:DonnellyR@ndp.on.ca] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 17, 2022 3:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ken Steele<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: follow up on your motion to have OHIP coverage of PSA testing</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Yes please, and if there’s anything else we can provide to the group please let me know. </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> Ken Steele <k.steele2@sympatico.ca> <br><b>Sent:</b> February 17, 2022 3:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> Donnelly, Ryan <DonnellyR@ndp.on.ca><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Glen Tolhurst' <glen46nor@gmail.com>; 'John Baxter' <jhsb@sympatico.ca><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: follow up on your motion to have OHIP coverage of PSA testing</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Ryan</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Our Cancer Support Group wishes to thank Wayne for preparing and presenting this motion. Before the pandemic, our support group had noticed a dramatic increase in new patients with prostate cancer where the level of their cancer has advanced beyond the ‘normal treatment’. We would like to forward your update to our members that signed Wayne’s petition. Do you concur? </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Again we wish to express our thanks to Wayne for promoting the OHIP coverage of the PSA testing.</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thanks again</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Ken Steele B MATH CPA, CMA, CIA</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Finance</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Prostate Cancer Support Group – Waterloo Wellington</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> Donnelly, Ryan [<a href="mailto:DonnellyR@ndp.on.ca">mailto:DonnellyR@ndp.on.ca</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 17, 2022 12:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:k.steele2@sympatico.ca">k.steele2@sympatico.ca</a><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: follow up on your motion to have OHIP coverage of PSA testing</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Ken,</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thanks for reaching out and above all, thank you so much for the work you did on collecting signatures. I have some good news and some bad news. The good news was, Wayne was successful in getting the motion passed through the House and calling on the Ford Government to cover the testing. The bad news is<span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>, despite PC members voting for this motion – the Ford Government refused to ever actually take the steps to implement the policy.</span> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Given that, in the last session Wayne actually re-tabled the motion again to use the opportunity to try and force the Ford Government to follow the will of the vote, you can read more here: <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.niagarafallsreview.ca%2Fnews%2Fniagara-region%2F2021%2F11%2F25%2Fgates-re-tables-legislation-for-ohip-to-always-cover-prostate-cancer-screening-tests.html&data=04%7C01%7CDonnellyR%40ndp.on.ca%7C4dcad04d8cb144f69fc208d9f252692c%7C6b9fd2ec77a64ae0822a6bb9108fb274%7C0%7C0%7C637807258037656650%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=GYoXznb%2BI3E7jfAc20IQiWVj%2FDHkIWXg%2FT91t2des0A%3D&reserved=0">https://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/news/niagara-region/2021/11/25/gates-re-tables-legislation-for-ohip-to-always-cover-prostate-cancer-screening-tests.html</a></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Unfortunately to date they are still not moving forward with implementing this legislation despite the support of MPPs and residents. We’re still committed to this and when the House returns we’re going to push again for this coverage. </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Sincerely,</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#F79646;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Ryan Donnelly</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6C6C6C;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Wayne Gates MPP (Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake and Fort Erie)</span><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6C6C6C;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FF6800;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>______________________________________________________</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6C6C6C;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><br>Niagara Falls : tel/ tél.: (905) 357-0681 </span><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FF6900;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>| </span><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6C6C6C;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>fax/ téléc.: (905) 357-9456</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.waynegates.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7CDonnellyR%40ndp.on.ca%7C4dcad04d8cb144f69fc208d9f252692c%7C6b9fd2ec77a64ae0822a6bb9108fb274%7C0%7C0%7C637807258037656650%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=QwZ87bCFS3xYKIfp%2B0RtLpwxJlnqmMJKvqif9hnBg84%3D&reserved=0"><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>WayneGates.com</span></a></span><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6C6C6C;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FF6800;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>|</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> Ken Steele <<a href="mailto:k.steele2@sympatico.ca">k.steele2@sympatico.ca</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> February 16, 2022 8:51 PM<br><b>To:</b> Gates - CO, Wayne <<a href="mailto:WGates-CO@ndp.on.ca">WGates-CO@ndp.on.ca</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Glen Tolhurst' <<a href="mailto:glen46nor@gmail.com">glen46nor@gmail.com</a>>; 'John Baxter' <<a href="mailto:jhsb@sympatico.ca">jhsb@sympatico.ca</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> follow up on your motion to have OHIP coverage of PSA testing</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:solid #9C6500 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm' id=footer><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FFE599'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white;background:#910A19;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> ! </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> CAUTION:</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> External message.</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>HI Mr. Gate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I am with the Prostate Cancer Support Group – Waterloo Wellington. We are the group that was responsible for obtaining appx 700 signatures for your motion to have OHIP cover the cost of PSA testing. I was wandering if you could provide us with an update on the status of this motion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I am C/C the chair and vice chair of our support group<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thanking you in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Ken Steele<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>PS My MPP -Catherine Fife, had originally directed me to your PSA motion<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FFE599'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=DefaultFontHxMailStyle><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>