The principle legislation governing PHUs is the Health Protection and Promotion Act.
Advocates for amalgamation included Dr. John Morrow Robb, the provincial Minister of Health from 1930 to 1934.
[1] This sort of call continued for decades, with the Lakeshore Board of Education in 1956 asking the councils of the Town of Mimico, Town of New Toronto, and Village of Long Branch to consider forming one central service.
"[3] Such moves were opposed as of 1967, with Metro's six mayors claiming that one body couldn't serve two million residents.
One chair suggested that a merger would lead to a "lowest common denominator" approach.