Burlington Hosts COVID Telephone Town Hall April 28: Ask Your Questions About the COVID-19 pandemic, Provincewide 'Stay-at-Home' Order, & Impacts on City Programs & Services

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*Please see below a news release issued by the City of Burlington.Burlington, Ont. — April 9, 2021 — On Wednesday, April 28, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., the City of Burlington will host a telephone town hall event to share information and answer resident questions related to COVID-19, the province-wide shutdown, and ongoing impacts on city programs and services.The town hall will be hosted by Mayor Marianne Meed Ward, who will be joined by a panel of local leaders to help answer residents’ questions. The panel will include:

  • Tim Commisso, City Manager, City of Burlington
  • Dale Kalina, Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control, Joseph Brant Hospital
  • The Honourable Karina Gould, Member of Parliament, Burlington
  • Allan Magi, Executive Director, Environment, Infrastructure and Community Services, City of Burlington
  • MPP Effie Triantafilopoulos, Oakville-North Burlington
  • Eric Vandewall, President and Chief Executive Officer, Joseph Brant Hospital.

How to ParticipateResidents who would like to participate in the town hall can do so in the following ways:

  1. Register in advance: Burlington residential phone numbers will be randomly selected to be part of the telephone town hall. Residents who would like to be added to the telephone call list can email getinvolved@burlington.ca by the end of the day on April 27.
    • Please note: if you registered for any of the previous town halls, you are not required to register your phone number again. To remove a name from the call list, email getinvolved@burlington.ca by the end of the day on April 27.
  2. Join by telephone: Anyone who does not receive a telephone invitation can call 1-800-541-5864 just before 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28 to join the town hall. For those individuals calling in, please be advised more than one attempt may be required due to the high volume of traffic on the phone lines. If the first call does not connect, please hang up and dial the 1-800 number again.
  3. Listen to audio: Live audio from the April 28 town hall will be broadcast on YourTV, channel 700 on Cogeco and on the YourTV Halton YouTube.

Once the call begins, a moderator will provide participants with instructions for how to submit their questions to the leadership panel.A recording and transcript of the town hall will be posted online after April 28 at burlington.ca/townhall.MAYOR MEED WARD'S TAKE:As with previous public town halls, the focus of this event will be the ongoing response here in Burlington to COVID-19. I encourage participants of all ages to bring forward any questions they may have about the vaccine rollout here in Halton, our local hospital response, the Provincial Stay-at-Home orders, impacts to city services and programs, and the many community supports that are here to help those in need.Quick Facts:

  • Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the City of Burlington has hosted seven town hall events to provide updates about what the City is doing to protect the health and safety of our community and to address concerns from the public related to COVID-19.
  • Audio recordings and full transcripts from the previous town hall events are available online at burlington.ca/townhall. Answers to many of the questions asked by the public during these town hall events are also available at the same location on the City’s website.

—PLEASE NOTE: To stay updated on what the City of Burlington is doing regarding COVID-19, please visit the dedicated pages burlington.ca/coronavirus (and subscribe) and bit.ly/mayormeedwardCOVID19updates, and our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page — bit.ly/COVID19BurlingtonFAQ that are updated as new information becomes available.A consolidated page for information and updates on the work of the provincial Ministers’ COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force is available at bit.ly/COVIDVaccineUpdates.Halton Region has also created a dedicated COVID-19 Vaccine webpage at halton.ca/covidvaccines for up to date information on the status of our COVID19 vaccination program.A Burlington COVID-19 Task Force has been created to help support our community through this unprecedented emergency — updates will be provided at burlington.ca/COVID19taskforce.To report an incident of non-compliance with provincial emergency orders, please contact the Halton Regional Police Service COVID-19 Hotline: 905-825-4722.We’ve also created a dedicated page to feature the local organizations and businesses that have inspired us during the COVID-19 pandemic by taking action to support our community in new and creative ways — head to bit.ly/covidwallofinspiration.HELPFUL RESOURCES & RELATED LINKS:

—*Posted by John Bkila, Mayor’s Media and Digital Communications Specialist

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