OMA COUNCIL MEETING Nov..21-22 at Toronto HILTON. About 250 delegates attended together with OMA non-voting member observers.

Smoked salmon breakfast on Saturday..Scrambled eggs .bacon and sausage on Sunday.. Meals by Ruth's Chris. restaurant..

Cost of Council meeting is approx. $2,000,000 includes Delegate daily payment + travel and hotel expenses.

NAVIGATOR Ltd. has been retained for MEDIA COMMUNICATION.regarding recent Liberal Prov. Govt 5% fee cuts.to MDs services.

OMA recommended fees are twice the Prov.Liberal Govt OHIP rate for non-Ontarians.A fall of over 50% in past 45 years since beginning of Ontario State medicine.

Council was concerned that 25,000 Mid-East refugees to be admitted to Canada in 2015 would have medical costs billed to the Provinces instead of the FEDERAL Liberal Govt. The Ontario Liberal govt has set a "cap" on MD fees. If expenses are above the cap there would be further reduction in OHIP fees

ELECT ION of DIRECTOR by COUNCIL (not by the District) from the GENERAL & FAMILY PRACTICE ASSEMBLY (includes Emergency  and Palliative Medicine(, Ottawa ER Dr.Atul Kumar KAPUR MD(UWO 1991) FRCPC-ER(1999) MSc(Ottawa 2002) won on second ballot.
On first ballot ( 6 men) North York Surgical assistant was eliminated.
Another 3 eliminated: Windsor Palliative medicine GP;  Richmond Hill GP & CPSO investigator;  Manotick GP.

ELECTION by COUNCIL of DIRECTOR from SURGICAL ASSEMBLY (3 men)
SUDBURY OPHTHALMOLOGIST Stephen Eugene KOSAR MD (U.tor. 1981) FRCSC (1990)
 Other two candidates Ottawa and Peterborough anaesthetists