On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:

Whereas subsection 8(1) of the Public Hospitals Act provides that the Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint one or more persons to investigate and report on the quality of the management and administration of a hospital, the quality of the care and treatment of patients in a hospital or any other matter relating to a hospital where the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers it in the public interest to do so;

And whereas the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers it in the public interest that an investigator be appointed for the Brant Community Healthcare System (hereinafter referred to as the “Hospital”) under the Public Hospitals Act, to investigate and report on the governance and management of the Hospital and all related issues;

Therefore, pursuant to subsection 8(1) of the Public Hospitals Act,

Tim Rutledge

is hereby appointed as an Investigator to investigate and report on the governance and management of the Hospital and all related issues.

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

Approved and Ordered: February 15, 2017