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College of Chiropractors of Ontario (CCO) January 2018

NOTICE ELECTION TIMETABLE Pursuant to By-law 6: Election of Council January 23, 2018: Notice of Election and Members, notice is hereby given that Nomination Guide sent electronically to elections to CCO Council will be held in members in Districts 4 and 5. Districts 4 and 5. One member will be elected from each of the following districts: February 16, 2018: Nomination Date: Nomination papers, candidate undertakings district 4: Central comprised of the and biographical information in a format 4 city of Toronto and the regional suitable for distribution to voters must be municipality of York. received by CCO by 4 p.m. CCO provides candidates with a copy of the official voters’ list for his/her district. district 5: Central West comprised of 5 the counties of Brant, Dufferin, February 23, 2018: Deadline for Wellington, Haldimand and Norfolk, candidates to withdraw from the election the regional municipalities of Halton, by 4 p.m. Niagara, Peel and Waterloo, and the city of Hamilton. March 2, 2018: List of candidates, biographical information, and voting ELECTION PrOCEdurEs procedures sent electronically to all eligible voters. • Upon receiving completed nomination papers and following the closing of March 27, 2018: Votes for District 4 must be nominations, CCO will provide each received by CCO by 4 p.m. candidate with a copy of the official voters’ list for his/her district. The list March 28, 2018: Unofficial election results shall contain information recorded on announced for District 4. the register, including public e-mail Votes for District 5 must be received by addresses. CCO by 4 p.m.

• Candidates may purchase mailing labels March 29, 2018: Unofficial election results for members in their district for a fee announced for District 5. of $30. April 17, 2018: Deadline to make a • The elections are carried out by written request for a recount with a $150 electronic vote. Voting is by secret ballot. deposit, which must be received by CCO The Registrar supervises all aspects of by 4 p.m. the election. April 18, 2018: Election results posted on CCO’s website at www.cco.on.ca.

College of L’Ordre des 130 Bloor st. West Tel: (416) 922-6355 Chiropractors Chiropraticiens suite 902 Fax: (416) 925-9610 of Ontario de l’Ontario Toronto, ON M5s 1N5 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.cco.on.ca Toll Free: 1-877-577-4772 CCO Notice of Election and Nomination Guide, January 2018 2 • Candidates are encouraged to forward ELIGIBILITy TO sTANd FOr ELECTION proposed campaign material (including all e-mail campaign material) to CCO A member is eligible for election to Council via fax (416-925-9610) or e-mail in an electoral district, if, on the closing date ([email protected]) PRIOR to of nominations and any time up to and distribution to ensure fairness in the including the date of the election: electoral process. This includes all e-mail campaign material and any material • the member has his/her primary practice distributed before the election is called by of chiropractic located in the electoral the candidate or anyone on his/her behalf. district in which he/she is nominated or, if CCO will review all materials for general the member is not engaged in the practice consistency with the biographical of chiropractic, has his/her primary information guideline, the principles of residence located in the electoral district in fair, accurate and appropriate election which he/she is nominated; statements and, by analogy, Standard of • the member is not in default of payments Practice S-016: Advertising, and will of any fees prescribed by by-law or any fine forward a response to the candidate or order for costs to CCO imposed by a as soon as possible. If you have any CCO committee or court of law; questions about any campaign material, contact CCO. • the member is not in default in completing • Elections are conducted in a fair and and returning any form required by CCO; transparent manner, consistent with • the member is not the subject of any democratic principles and failure to disciplinary or incapacity proceeding; comply may jeopardize the election process and results. • a finding of professional misconduct, incompetence or incapacity has not been ELIGIBILITy TO NOMINATE ANd /Or VOTE made against the member in the preceding three years; • A member is eligible to vote in the • the member is not an employee, officer or direc - electoral district in which the member, as tor of any professional chiropractic association of January 1 st of the election year, has such that a real or apparent conflict of interest his/her primary practice, or if the member may arise, including but not limited to being an is not engaged in the practice of employee, officer or director of the OCA, CCA, chiropractic, in which the member has CCPA, AFC, CCEB, CSCE or the Council on his/her primary residence. Chiropractic Education (Canada) of the FCC; • A member is ineligible to vote in a Council election if he/she is in default of • the member is not an officer, director, or payment of any fees prescribed by by-law administrator of any chiropractic or any fine or order for costs to CCO educational institution, including but not imposed by a CCO committee or court of limited to, CMCC and UQTR, such that law or is in default in completing and a real or apparent conflict of interest returning any form required by CCO. may arise; • the member has not been disqualified from

ACrONyMs the Council or a committee of the Council AFC Alliance for Chiropractic in the previous three years; CCA Canadian Chiropractic Association CCO College of Chiropractors of Ontario • the member is not a member of the Council CCEB Canadian Chiropractic Examining Board CCPA Canadian Chiropractic Protective Association or of a committee of the college of any other FCC Federation of Canadian Chiropractic health profession; and CMCC Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College CSCE Canadian Society of Chiropractic Evaluators • the member has not been a member of the OCA Ontario Chiropractic Association RHPA Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 staff of CCO at any time within the UQTR Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières preceding three years.

TErM OF OFFICE rOLE OF CCO ANd COuNCIL MEMBErs

The term of office of a member elected to CCO is the regulatory body for chiropractors Council is approximately three years, in Ontario, governed by a 16-member Council commencing with the first regular meeting of comprised of six or seven public members Council immediately following the election appointed by the provincial government and (currently scheduled on April 24, 2018). In the nine registered chiropractors elected by the case of a by-election, the newly elected membership. member serves the balance of the original member’s term. Incumbents continue to serve CCO’s legislative mandate is to govern in office until the first regular Council chiropractic in the public interest. CCO's main meeting, unless otherwise disqualified from responsibilities include: Council. By-law 6: Election of Council • developing standards of admission to the Members outlines the circumstances in which profession; a member may be removed from Council. • investigating complaints and disciplining members who have committed acts of Please note: A member who has served on Council for professional misconduct or are nine consecutive years is ineligible for election to Council incompetent; and until a full three-year term has passed since that member last served on Council. A non-Council member may only • implementing a quality assurance program serve on CCO committees for nine consecutive years, to ensure continuous quality improvement whether the time is served as a council member or as a in the profession at large, including the non-Council member. development of standards of practice to which all members of the profession must MIssION conform.

The College of Chiropractors of Ontario TIME COMMITMENTs regulates the profession in the public interest to assure ethical and competent chiropractic care. Council membership involves a significant time commitment, which varies according to VIsION committee. Members attend Council meetings four or more times per year and may serve on Committed to Regulatory Excellence in the Public one or more committees. Preparatory readings Interest in a Diverse Environment. and work for Council and committee meetings can be extensive. Candidates should also note VALuEs that, whenever possible, all Council and committee meetings are held during regular Integrity, Respect, Collaborative, Innovative, business hours, Monday to Friday, from Transparent, Responsive 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. sTrATEGIC OBJECTIVEs COMPENsATION

1. Build public trust and confidence and promote understanding of the role of CCO amongst all Council members are compensated for their stakeholders. time spent on CCO work in accordance with 2. Ensure the practice of members is safe, ethical, CCO By-law 9: Remuneration and Internal and patient-centered. 3. Ensure standards and core competencies promote Policy I-012. However, per diems and excellence of care while responding to emerging expenses paid by CCO to Council members are developments. intended to partially offset the cost of a 4. Optimize the use of technology to facilitate regula - contribution to the self-regulation of the tory functions and communications. 5. Continue to meet CCO’s statutory mandate and chiropractic profession rather than to pay for resource priorities in a fiscally responsible manner. services rendered or to compensate for lost Developed at the Strategic Planning Session: income or the opportunity to earn income. September 2017

GuIdELINE TO CANdIdATEs FOr PrOVIdING BIOGrAPhICAL INFOrMATION

• Candidates are advised that their • Candidates must NOT imply, in any way, biographical information must reflect that CCO or any CCO Council member CCO’s role in protecting the public supports their candidacy. interest. • Candidates MUST include the following • The candidate’s name must appear on the statement verbatim in their biographical top of the page. information and, based upon it, describe in the statement how they would • The candidate’s photograph may be contribute to the regulation of chiropractic included - head and shoulders only. in the public interest:

• The candidate’s biographical information “Chiropractors who are elected will reflect must be typewritten on one 8.5” x 11”-page their commitment to the public's right to white bond paper with a minimum of safe, effective and ethical chiropractic care.” one-inch margins on all four sides, in portrait format (not landscape).

CurrENT CCO C OuNCIL CCO Committees ELECTEd MEMBErs statutory: Name district Term of Office • Executive (April to April) • Inquiries, Dr. Kristina Peterson, Thunder Bay 1 2017-2020 Complaints and Dr. Gauri Shankar, Prescott 2 2016-2019 Reports Dr. Elizabeth Anderson-Peacock, Barrie 3 2016-2019 **Dr. Patricia Tavares, Toronto 4 2015-2018 • Discipline Dr. David Starmer, Toronto 4 2017-2020 • Fitness to Practise Dr. Brian Schut, Toronto 4 2016-2019 Dr. Peter Amlinger, Mississauga 5 2017-2020 • Patient Relations **Dr. Reginald Gates, Burlington 5 2015-2018 • Quality Assurance Dr. Clifford Hardick, London 6 2017-2020 • Registration **Term of office expires April 2018. Eligible for re-election. Non-statutory: • Advertising PuBLIC MEMBErs

Name date Order-in Council Expires Mr. Shakil Akhter, Scarborough May 2018 Ms Georgia Allan, Smiths Falls September 2020 Ms Karoline Bourdeau, Toronto July 2020 Ms Patrice Burke, Brantford April 2018 Mr. Douglas Cressman, Kitchener June 2019 Ms Wendy Lawrence, Toronto September 2018 Ms Judith McCutcheon, Unionville August 2018 Thank you for participating in the self-regulation of your profession !

ELECTIONs QuEsTIONs & A NsWErs

Q. What is the purpose of the election of the RHPA and the Chiropractic Act is the professional members to the Council? public interest. If a chiropractor from a Council member’s district has a problem A. The RHPA and the Chiropractic Act provide with CCO, it would be inappropriate for the for the election of the majority of the Council member to intervene on the Council from among the membership of chiropractor’s behalf with the pertinent the profession. Since chiropractic is a self- committee or CCO staff person. regulating profession, it is important that the majority of the Council be members of Q. how does this affect a candidate’s the profession. While there could be a campaign materials? number of ways for the professional members to be chosen, CCO has chosen A. While people sometimes do refer to the an election system to ensure that Council election process as a ‘campaign’, this, too, members have the confidence and respect is a bit of a misnomer. Candidates of those whom they regulate. for election can and should provide information about themselves and their Q. Is the election of Council members similar philosophy to the other chiropractors in to the election of MPPs? their district to assist them in making an informed choice. A. While the form of election is somewhat similar (i.e., voting for candidates by secret However, there is not really a role for ballot), the purpose is actually quite campaign ‘promises’ or statements about different. Your MPP represents the how a candidate, if elected, will decide interests of those who elected him/her. specific matters that might arise in the A Council member does not represent the future. In addition, candidates are strongly specific interests of chiropractors, but urged to forward their campaign material rather the broader public interest as to CCO before distribution to ensure the described in the RHPA . elections are conducted in a fair manner. CCO, unlike the legislature, is a Q. Why, then, are Council members elected corporation. The Council, as the Board of from districts? Directors of the corporation, has a fiduciary (trust) duty to fulfill the public A. Perspective. Having Council members interest mandate of the corporation/CCO elected from various districts ensures that and not the specific interests of the the perspective of all chiropractors, not professional electorate. just those from one region (e.g., the Greater Toronto Area), is reflected on Q. does a Council member represent his/her Council. Some issues might have a constituents? different impact on the public from rural or northern areas, small towns, medium- A. No, a Council member does not have s ized cities and Toronto. It is important constituents. A Council member is that all perspectives are heard. somewhat like the trustee of an estate: he/she acts in the best interest of the beneficiary, not the persons who selected him/her as Trustee. The beneficiary under

This notice explains the election rules established under the Chiropractic Act, 1991 . To the extent of any inconsistency, the legislation and the by-laws govern. If you have any questions, please contact CCO at (416) 922-6355.

CCO ELECTOrAL dIsTrICTs [map not to scale, illustrative of districts only]

district 1: Northern comprised of the dis - tricts of Kenora, Rainy River, Thunder Bay, Algoma, Cochrane, Manitoulin, Parry Sound, Nipissing, Timiskaming; the district municipality of Muskoka, and the city of district 2: Eastern Greater Sudbury. comprised of the counties of Frontenac, Hastings, Lanark, Prince Edward, Renfrew, Lennox and Addington; the NORTHERN ONTARIO united counties of Leeds and Grenville, Prescott and Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, and the district 3: Central East City of Ottawa. 1 comprised of the counties of Haliburton, Northumberland, Peterborough, and Simcoe, the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ottawa the regional municipality of

Trans Canada Highway Durham and the township of Scugog. 2

Thunder Bay 3 Sudbury Peterborough

Sault Ste. Marie 4 district 4: Central Toronto comprised of the city 5 of Toronto and the Hamilton regional municipality London of York. 6 SOUTHERN ONTARIO

Windsor

district 6: Western district 5: Central West comprised of the counties comprised of the counties of of Essex, Bruce, Grey, Brant, Dufferin, Wellington, Lambton, Elgin, Middlesex, Haldimand and Norfolk, the Huron, Perth and Oxford, regional municipalities of and the municipality of Halton, Niagara, Peel and Chatham-Kent. Waterloo, and the city of Hamilton.