On December 13, 2021, Stephen wrote to Ottawa’s Medical Officer of Health urgently requesting she ensure that booster shot capacity in Orléans be rapidly increased. As the cases in Ottawa are on the rise, and the Omicron variant exponentially increasing, Orléans desperately needs a booster shot capacity. Orléans is the largest of Ottawa’s suburban communities and has amongst the highest concentration of francophones in the nation’s capital. This is an equity issue from both a geographic and linguistic perspective. You can view the full letter here. |