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The CPHO position was created by Carolyn Bennett in her position as Minister of State for Public Health (Canada) in 2004, along with the Public Health Agency of Canada. Per the Public Health Agency of Canada Act (2006), the CPHO holds office "during pleasure for a term not exceeding five years". The CPHO can be reappointed for additional terms.
The Public Health Agency of Canada Act [34] empowers the CPHO to communicate with other levels of government, voluntary organizations, the private sector and Canadians on public health issues. Each year, the CPHO is required to submit a report to the Minister of Health on the state of public health in Canada. [citation needed]
Health Canada (HC; French: Santé Canada, SC) [NB 1] is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for national health policy. The department itself is also responsible for numerous federal health-related agencies, including the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), among others.
The first Department of Health in Canada was established in 1919, and unlike most other departments, had no designated minister. [8] The president of the Privy Council was the first designated to manage the department, [9] which was followed by the minister of immigration and colonization in 1921 under Arthur Meighen, [10] then the minister of soldiers' civil re-establishment later that year ...
Since the late 20th century, the rise of new actors engaged in global health—such as the World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and dozens of public-private partnerships for global health—have weakened the WHO's role as a coordinator and policy leader in the field; subsequently ...
In 2003, Tam was the chief of Health Canada's immunization and respiratory infections division during the SARS outbreak. [ 5 ] Tam was a co-chair of a 2006 federal report on pandemic preparedness in the wake of the SARS outbreak in Canada , [ 10 ] which envisioned a respiratory infection pandemic that was described in The Globe and Mail as ...
He was director of public health protection at the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services from 2000 to 2012. [3] In May 2012, he was appointed National Director of Public Health. While working for this ministry, he has been involved in the management of the SARS outbreak in 2003, the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, and in public health measures ...
The Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion was established in 2008 by the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion Act, 2007. [2] The OAHPP is an agent of the Crown (i.e. a Crown agency) and is considered an arm's-length government agency.