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transportation Self-driving cars coming to streets here We should be Self-driving vehicles are hit- see a world in which that will the driver’s seat at all times The pilot is set to run for 10 screening for ting streets, after the one day be the reality, but to monitor its operation and years. poverty. province became the first in the Ministry of Trans- must follow the rules of Del Duca said the project Canada to open a pilot project portation’s primary the road. gives Ontario “the opportunity Dr. Samantha Green to test the automated vehicles responsibility, in The University of to be a world leader in auto- on public roads. addition to try- Waterloo’s Centre mated technology.” Transportation Minister Ste- ing to enable for Automotive Re- “Frankly, there’s excitement ven Del Duca announced the positive out- search will test a in every corner of the prov- program’s first three partici- comes with Lincoln MKZ, auto ince about the fact that we pants Monday, saying they will this kind of manufacturer the are not only embracing this be working with different lev- technology, is Erwin Hymer Group technology, but in the Can- els of automation. also road safety.” will test a Mercedes- adian context we’re leading “We are working towards Under the pilot project, Benz Sprinter Van and QNX, a on it,” he said. “I think that Dr. Samantha Green is pushing the city to address the “social full automation,” he said. a driver with the appropri- software subsidiary of Black- the possibilities are limitless determinants” of health. Contributed “I think everyone here can ate licence must remain in Berry, will test a 2017 Lincoln. at this point.” The Canadian Press Social ills top priority NEXT STOP: Everyday Political Citizens approach to health care, one that considers the “social determin- Doctor says ants” of health. “We screen for smoking all the time, because we problems bigger know it leads to poor health out- comes. So we should be screening than just health for poverty or precarious housing and using that in our decision Luke making,” she says. Simcoe Her efforts have been recog- Metro | Toronto GORMLEY nized by Samara Canada, which has nominated her for this year’s When it comes to tackling pov- Everyday Political Citizen award. erty, Dr. Samantha Green is tired “If more Canadian medical of “Band-Aid” solutions. professionals had her selfless A family doctor at St. Michael’s attitude, imagine how much Hospital in downtown Toronto, healthier Canadian society would Green spends her days tackling be,” said Everyday Political Cit- health problems in one of the izen juror Jonathan Kay. city’s poorest postal codes. She also works with Health About this Providers Against Poverty to of- series fer health-care services to those using Toronto’s shelter system. every year, Samara The experience has shown Canada’s Everyday her how deeply intertwined a Political Citizen project person’s health is with their honours Canadians socioeconomic status. making positive changes “The patients that I see are in their communities. often marginalized and living in Union Oriole Old Langstaff Richmond GORMLEY The winner of the 2016 poverty. They’re facing systemic contest will be announced Cummer Hill barriers to good health, like low Dec. 8. Metro is profiling incomes and racism,” she said. the seven nominees in the Green uses her position as a Greater Toronto Area. doctor to advocate for a broader

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