What is the mandate / role and responsibilities of the new Chief Public Health Officer?
A.15 The CPHO’s responsibilities will be to: • Provide leadership of the new Public Health Agency. • Provide advice to Ministers and, as appropriate, work with other federal departments and agencies, provincial/territorial governments, the international community, the public health community and Canadians on public health issues. • Assume the role of the federal government spokesperson on public health issues, in particular, during public health emergencies. • Play a leadership/advocacy role in national public health matters and citizen engagement in public health.
