Dr. Gregory Taylor announced as Switch Health’s new Chief Medical Officer

 PHOTO: Alan Dean Photography Dr. Gregory Taylor, who guided Canada during the global outbreaks of H5N1 and Ebola as the country's Chief Public Health Officer, has been appointed as the Chief Medical Officer of Switch Health. Dr. Gregory W. Taylor, BSc, MD, CCFP, FRCPC, is a public health and preventive

Using the Emergencies Act to ramp up testing and track COVID-19

 By Colleen M. Flood, Teresa Scassa The Prime Minister is called upon almost daily to explain why the federal government has not invoked the Emergency Act. Canadians perceive the COVID-19 pandemic to be an emergency and rightly so. The problem is that the Act can only be employed when an

Public Health must become a priority   

 By: Trevor Hancock and Art Eggleton In 2010, Canada’s Ministers of Health stated in a Declaration on Prevention and Promotion that “the promotion of health and the prevention of disease, disability and injury are a priority and necessary to the sustainability of the health system.” So you would think that

Federal Government Moves to Strip Power from Top Public Health Scientist

 Demoting Chief Public Health Officer more about politics than promoting health Buried in the current omnibus budget bill being studied by parliament this week is a plan to demote the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada. He will no longer hold a deputy minister rank, he will have no direct