Health Group Gets included into Regulated Health Professions Act

Challenge:
The client was looking to be included into the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA). They had been trying for a number of years with little success.

Solution:
Connect Consulting Solutions’ strategy was to first create the political will by getting the government to view the organization’s needs as a priority. This would ensure that the organization would be included in the HPRAC review and be then accepted into the RHPA.
We did this by meeting the Minister’s staff, local MPPs, and the caucus members of the various legislative health and regional committees.

Result:
The government understood our client’s needs and saw how it fit in with their health care agenda. The government is now proceeding to include them into the RHPA.

Full Text:
The client had been trying, for a number of years, to be included into the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA). Their principal argument was that a previous Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Committee (HPRAC) review had recommended their inclusion; however there was no political will and substantial opposition. As a result, the government at the time chose not to take the HPRAC recommendation and did not include this organization into RHPA.

CCSolutions’ strategy was to create the political will first by getting the government to view the organization’s needs as a priority. This would ensure that the organization would be included in the HPRAC review and be then accepted into the RHPA.

We did this by meeting the Minister’s Staff, local MPPs, and the caucus members of the various legislative health and regional committees.
The government understood our client’s needs and saw how they complemented the government’s health care agenda. The government is now proceeding to include them into the RHPA.

Specialty Health Association Becomes the Government of Ontario’s Leading Advisor on Wait Times

Challenge:
A Specialty Health Care Group (SHCG) wanted to assist the Ministry of Health on effectively addressing the wait-time issues in the health profession.

Solution:
The organization had a good plan that fit well with the initiatives the government had already established.
Connect Consulting Solutions organized and attended meetings with SHCG officials to build an understanding and support for the organization’s plan in Queen’s Park.

Result:
In four short months, the organization has been funded to implement a number of their own health initiatives to effectively deal with wait-times issues for their profession.

Full Text:
A Specialty Health Care Group (SHCG) wanted to assist the Ministry of Health to address wait-time issues in the health professions. They were seeking ways to be more involved in the process and have a greater say on how the government spends money in this area.

The organization had a good plan that fit well with the initiatives the government had already established. Connect Consulting Solutions organized and attended meetings with SHCG officials to build an understanding and support for the organization’s plan in Queen’s Park. This included meetings with:

• Premier’s Office Political Staff
  
• Ministry of Health Political Staff
  
• Government’s Wait-Time Team
  
• Assistant Deputy Ministers in the Ministry of Health and
  
• Health and Social Services Cabinet Committee Members
  

The objective was to brief all officials on the Wait-Time Strategy developed by our client, get advice on which strategy made practical sense for the government, and find ways to integrate the organization with the system so their initiatives could get funded.

The outcome for this organization has been a commitment from the government to fund the ideas developed in their wait-time plan. Their lead negotiator has been placed on the government’s wait-time advising committee, reporting directly to the wait-time team and to the Ministry of Health and the Premier’s Office.

In four short months, they have been funded to implement a number of Ministry of Health initiatives, based on their own recommendations that address ways to effectively and efficiently deal with wait-times issues for their profession.

First Nations Gets the Forestry Cut they Need to Survive

Challenge:
The First Nation owned a forestry company but was typically offered inferior land and resources. They were expecting to renew their overlapping license in the upcoming year and wanted more square meters to ensure their forestry company was able to survive.

When they went to negotiate with the mill and forestry companies, they were informed that no overlapping license would be granted – the First Nations were in danger of losing their forestry business.

Solution:
Connect Consulting Solutions assisted the First Nation in initiating relationship with the Minister’s Office and Senior Bureaucrats. They were able to obtain government wide support for the First Nation’s right to harvest the forest.

We initiated further meetings with Senior Executives in the Large Forestry Companies and helped the First Nations communicate their need for an overlapping license as well as a further increase in volumes of good wood.

Result:
Senior Forestry Executives then decided that they should advocate to the Ministry of Natural Resources that the First Nations in the surrounding area should be entrenched in the Sustainable Forestry License to ensure that they will always participate in economic development in their local forest.

Full Text:
Originally our client had a forestry company in Ontario, with a chipping operation. The First Nation was typically offered land that was burned and scraps that weren’t being serviced by the large forestry companies.

They were expecting to negotiate a new overlapping license in the upcoming year and wanted more square meters to ensure that their forestry company was able to survive. When they went to negotiate with the mill and forestry companies, they were informed that no overlapping license would be granted – the First Nations were in danger of losing their forestry business.

When CCSolutions came to the scene, we assisted our client in initiating relationships with the Minister’s office and senior bureaucrats. They were able to obtain government wide support for the First Nation’s right to harvest the forest.

We initiated further meetings with senior executives in the large forestry companies and helped the First Nation communicate their need for not only an overlapping license but a further increase in volumes of good wood.

After a series of meetings, follow up, and ongoing communication with the various parties, a negotiated deal was reached where the First Nation obtained an overlapping license and an increased volume (over and above what they originally asked for) of good wood.

Senior forestry executives then decided to advocate to the Ministry of National Resources to have the First Nations in the surrounding area entrenched in the Sustainable Forestry License to ensure that they will always participate in the economic development of their local forest.

First Nations Settle Land Claim

Challenge:
The First Nation was first in line in the land claims process to be settled. Due to red tape and missing signatures, they were having difficulties finalizing the deal to have the land transferred.

Solution:
Through persistent follow up and ongoing communications with the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, the final documents to transfer the land were signed as a last act before the Federal government dissolved for an election.

Result:
The agreement was signed and the land officially has been transferred to the First Nation.

Full Text:
The First Nation was first in line in the land claims process to be settled. Due to red tape and missing necessary signatures, the First Nation was having difficulties finalizing the deal to transfer the land.

Through persistent follow up and ongoing communications with the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, the final documents to transfer the land were signed as a last act before the Federal government dissolved for an election.

The agreement is signed and the land officially has been transferred to the First Nation.