Royal Ottawa Health Group

Toronto – As yet another community leader resigns over non-essential travel during the lockdown, OPSEU/SEFPO is renewing its demand that Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre Director Joan Garrow follow suit. OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas noted that former finance minister Rod Phillips resigned, the CEOs of hospitals in Niagara, Hamilton, and London have been removed,...

OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas sent the following letter to Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health today requesting her intervention regarding a hospital manager at The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre who defied public health guidelines by vacationing abroad. February 8, 2021 Hon. Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health College Park,...

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union is calling for the firing of a manager at The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre after it was revealed that she travelled abroad over the holidays, unnecessarily. OPSEU president Warren (Smokey) Thomas is demanding that Joan Garrow be fired and has penned a letter to The Royal’s president and...