Lilley: Why are local public health units across the province spending scarce resources writing reports and doing studies on bike lanes, energy drinks or other issues that are widely studied elsewhere?
As Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk pointed out in her 2017 report, there is a lot of duplication of efforts and little sharing of information or best practices across Ontario’s public health units.
“For example, two-thirds of public health units reported having independently reviewed evidence and best practice on school-based programs that promote healthy weights, healthy eating or physical activity,” Lysyk’s report said.
Why do two-thirds of public health units across Ontario need to study healthy weights of school children? This is information that is widely available.
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