A former Grey Bruce Public Health board member and Bruce County warden said he recommended to a provincial assessor investigating complaints about the health unit that people knowledgeable in health care should replace municipal politicians on the board. Article content

Chris Peabody said in a Sun Times interview that this would “address a lot of the conflict and acrimony on that board,” which he said could be traced back to political disagreements. Both county and provincial appointments should be skills-based, he said. Article content

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Peabody, Brockton’s mayor, sat on the board of health for six years, from 2018 until the end of his second term as warden at the end of 2024. He suggested moving to skills-based board appointments to the provincial i

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