Brian Morris

Dr. Brian Morris has four decades of experience in family practice, and believes strongly that the policies of the GPO are good for your health. Affordable housing; protection of the environment; a basic living income; all of these affect our health, and can affect the health and wellbeing of generations to come. He believes that, in our society, food insecurity is wrong: we can do better. Childhood poverty shouldn’t be a problem: we can do better. Hundreds of thousands of Ontario citizens without a primary care provider is just wrong; we can, and must, do better.

A lifelong resident of Ontario, Brian has been a researcher, a teacher of young doctors, a medical writer, and was the first physician to work in the Sexual Health Clinic in Simcoe County. Working in overwhelmed Emergency Departments, and in busy after-hours clinics, he helped the many local residents who had no family doctor. He saw how the social determinants of health had a huge impact on the health of his patients. Poverty, food insecurity, homelessness combine to make it impossible for someone to manage diabetes, or heart disease, or other chronic illnesses.

A medical perspective also shows how climate change affects us all. Direct effects: houses destroyed by floods or wildfires, lives lost in hurricanes or heat waves. Even at a distance, wildfires in the west affect air quality and asthma control in Ontario. We need policies that will protect our climate, reduce fossil fuel consumption, increase renewable energy – Green Party of Ontario policies.

Brian has been married to Deb for 47 years, they have two daughters and three grandchildren.  Outside of family and work, Brian is a sailor, a gardener, a musician, and a triathlete.