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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 ...
Health Executive, investment advisor, politician Mark Holland PC MP (born October 16, 1974) is a Canadian politician who has served as Minister of Health since July 26, 2023. A member of the Liberal Party , Holland represents Ajax in the House of Commons .
Minister of Health: July 12, 1996: Mark Holland: ON July 26, 2023: September 14, 2018: Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency: September 15, 1988: Gudie Hutchings: NL July 26, 2023 October 26, 2021: Minister of Rural Economic Development: January 14, 2019: October 26, 2021: Minister for Women and Gender Equality and ...
Hajdu was shuffled to Minister of Health in the Trudeau government following the 2019 federal election. As Minister of Health from 2020 to 2021, Hajdu oversaw the Department of Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, key agencies coordinating the Canadian government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Public Service of Canada supports the Government of Canada in the development, implementation, and evaluation of policy, and in carrying out key bureaucratic functions at the federal level. [28] The duties of individual public servants vary widely, ranging from issuing policy recommendations to ministers, processing applications or forms ...
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.
She was the minister of State for Public Health from 2003 to 2006, the minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations from 2015 to 2021 and the minister of Mental Health and Addictions from 2021 to 2023. In 2024, she became the Ambassador of Canada to the Kingdom of Denmark. Prior to entering politics, Bennett worked as a family physician for 20 years.
In July 2013, Stephen Harper appointed Rona Ambrose as Minister of Health and kept her as Minister of Western Economic Diversification. [46] While she was an MP, Ambrose worked closely with Nadia Murad, a Yazidi refugee and Nobel Peace Prize winner, in pushing the House of Commons to label the persecution of Yazidis a genocide. She also led the ...