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The District of Tofino understands that COVID-19 is not only a public-health challenge, but also an economic and social one. Like much of the world, British Columbia is still responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and working to mitigate potential impacts to individuals and our healthcare system.
Over the coming months, the District will be working with local organizations, businesses and community leaders to identify how to best provide leadership, coordination, and support for the cohesive recovery of all sectors of Tofino's community, while remaining steadfast to the principles and needs of the public health response to COVID-19.
On the COVID-19 Recovery Planning page you'll find the following information:
- Tofino's COVID-19 Recovery Action Plan
- Community Recovery Framework
- Mayor's Economic Recovery Task Force
- Mayor's Community Health Task Force
- Thought Exchange
- BC's Restart Plan
- WorkSafeBC Safe Plan
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Tofino's COVID-19 Recovery Action Plan
The District of Tofino's COVID-19 Recovery Action Plan intends to chart a pathway for recovery while taking direction from the Provincial Health Officer. The role of the Plan is to fit within the COVID-19 response and recovery framework provided by the Province of British Columbia.
The District of Tofino,in collaboration with the Tofino-Long Beach Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Tofino, intend for the Action Plan to be a working document that is responsive to evolving circumstances relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The strategies and timelines provided are tied to directives of the Provincial Health Officer to allow for recovery actions that are fluid and reactive to the evolving situation,while following the recovery framework provided by the Province.
Community Recovery Framework
Recovery from emergencies is a responsibility of local government, however the activities of recovery are generally undertaken through partnerships between government and existing community organizations. Tofino's Recovery Task Forces outlined below are in line with the recovery model grounded in the Provincial Emergency Program Act, and are intended to provide a community-driven approach to undertaking immediate actions for the benefit of all Tofitians.
Mayor’s Economic Recovery Task Force
Membership inlcudes:
Mayor Osborne, Councillor Andrea McQuade, Dr. Carrie Marshall (Long Beach Physician Lead for the Divisions of Family Practice), Maureen Fraser (Common Loaf Bakeshop and Tourism Tofino), J.J. Belanger (Crystal Cove Beach Resort and Tourism Tofino), Ryan Teremy (Jamie’s Whaling Station and Tofino-Long Beach Chamber of Commerce), Saya Masso (Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation).
Mayor Osborne, Councillor Andrea McQuade, Dr. Carrie Marshall (Long Beach Physician Lead for the Divisions of Family Practice), Maureen Fraser (Common Loaf Bakeshop and Tourism Tofino), J.J. Belanger (Crystal Cove Beach Resort and Tourism Tofino), Ryan Teremy (Jamie’s Whaling Station and Tofino-Long Beach Chamber of Commerce), Saya Masso (Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation).
The focus the Task Force is to ensure coordination among the efforts of government and businesses, and to provide advice and make recommendations to Council and the Tofino Emergency Operations Centre on matters related to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Early in its mandate, the Economic Recovery Task Force will establish its priorities through a needs / impact assessment and create an Action Plan.
Meeting Summaries
Mayor’s Community Health Task Force
Membership inlcudes:
Mayor Osborne, Councillor Tom Stere, Iris Frank (Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation), Rebecca Hurwitz (Clayoquot Biosphere Trust), Margaret Morrison (West Coast Community Resources Society), Drew Ryan (School District 70), and Ursula Banke (Employment Centre).
Mayor Osborne, Councillor Tom Stere, Iris Frank (Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation), Rebecca Hurwitz (Clayoquot Biosphere Trust), Margaret Morrison (West Coast Community Resources Society), Drew Ryan (School District 70), and Ursula Banke (Employment Centre).
This Task Force will focus on coordinating the community health and psycho-social aspects of recovery. It is proposed to be established in partnership with existing organizations that have a focus on health and wellness and community capacity building.
Meeting Summaries:
Thought Exchange
The Thought Exchange results are in! Join Mayor Josie Osborne as she reviews the results of the Though Exchange that asked Tofitians, and our West Coast region, what's important to be thinking about as we respond to COVID-19 and prepares for the future.
A downloadable PDF version of the presentation can be found here.
BC Restart Plan
BC’s Restart Plan lays out a series of steps that we will take together to protect people and ensure that our province can come back from COVID-19 stronger than before. Learn more and see the full plan on the Government of BC's website.WorkSafeBC Safety Plans
Find health and safety information, industry information for Phase 1, returning to safe operation for Phase 2, and claims at the WorkSafeBC website.
Contact:
Elyse Goatcher-Bergmann
Information Officer
District of Tofino Emergency Operations Centre
information@eoctofino.ca
Information Officer
District of Tofino Emergency Operations Centre
information@eoctofino.ca
What a joke!
ReplyDeleteNo one is going to pay any attention to any of this garbage. People and businesses are going to go ahead and do whatever they feel like doing.
Especially businesses. They're paying 100% of their annual licence fee, and this gives them the right to operate. Josie, go sit in the corner and shut up.
Tourists are already pouring into town, the beaches are full of people, no one is listening to any advice to be patient and go slowly into recovery. There are no rules, only a few vague suggestions. There is no schedule, no timeline, no guide to tell people what to expect or when to expect it.
This travesty of a supposed "update" is what District staff has developed, at a cost to the taxpayer of $9,000.00 per day in wages, salaries and benefits.
No leadership, no direction, no accountability. Tofino politics at it's finest.
We were told there’s “no evidence” that masks work against COVID-19. We were told people wouldn’t wear masks properly or consistently, leading to more face-touching. We were told people would stop washing their hands. We were told masks needed to be reserved for frontline medical personnel.We were told to blindly accept the directions of “ experts” .
ReplyDelete“Experts” advise against travel to Tofino while businesses are going broke . Is it any wonder nobody is now listening ?
meanwhile international flights incoming to canada are resumed. who's on first?
ReplyDeleteThe Covid19 crisis has been a reminder of many things. One of them is that government matters, and it’s hard. And government isn’t the same as politics. The latter is a sales job; the former is engineering. Anyone can sell you a bridge. Building one that won’t fall down and kill people is a science. The mayor has thrown Tofino under the bus and is now busy selling bridges to First Nations, Traditional and Social Media and just about anyone else that will listen.
ReplyDeleteSuppose there might be any chance that"The Mayors Community Health Task Force" could address the issue of the public health danger posed by hundreds of people using the areas in the bushes around the public beaches and trails for a toilet, since all of the washrooms are locked up.
ReplyDeleteAlso, they might address the issue of dog excrement (both raw and bagged) littering the trails and roadsides all over town. This also presents a public health danger.
Previously, in the years past, the mayor has avoided facing the issue, instead choosing to smile and suggest that perhaps pet owners could be "educated" to modify their behavior. This has clearly not worked.
Also, there's the issue of off leash dogs running on the trails, sidewalks, and beaches directly in contravention of existing by-laws, and the failure of the D.O.T. to provide any off leash areas for pet owners to exercise their dogs.
Just another example of a lack of leadership from a mayor (please forgive the pun) with no balls.
It has now become apparent to all that our mayor denies the reality in front of her face or what she's asked for and goes off into being a scientist collecting data, having meetings and discussions, issuing reports, and whatever she can think of to deny that something must be done immediately. Like pick up the dog poop.
ReplyDeleteTime for a change next election. The significantly ineffective Council and Mayor of tofino may be nice people but they are not up to the task of running a town as complex as Tofino. The Mayor is politically and morally compromised and the council needs to find its own voice instead of rubber stamping all the left wing garbage coming from her “desk”
ReplyDeleteIt's now 1:00PM, Sunday afternoon. I was just told that Chesterman's is packed with people, you can scarcely find a place to park.
ReplyDeleteLet's translate that. ----- "Screw you, Josie, we'll do as we please!"
The mayor with her left wing views has become completely irrelevant, no concern regarding the financial crisis which is very real in our community. My comparison there are no Covid19 cases on the west coast and only one patient in hospital on Vancouver Island. She is showing no leadership with all her nonsense. The business community is completely ignoring her, showing leadership and carefully reopening their businesses and bringing back all the folks who want to work again. Contrary to the mayor's discouraging comments, let's welcome our guests back with open arms.
ReplyDeleteI think the Mayor confuses all those tax dollars under DOT wing as her own, rather than ours. She doesn't respect how they got there, and it is for certain she is unwilling to part with them.
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