Public Health Agency of Canada Act

An Act respecting the establishment of the Public Health Agency of Canada and amending certain Acts

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in October 2007.

Sponsor

Tony Clement  Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment establishes the Public Health Agency of Canada to assist the Minister of Health in exercising or performing the Minister’s powers, duties and functions in relation to public health. It also provides that the Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the collection and management of public health information and the protection of confidential information, including personal information. It also makes related and consequential amendments to certain Acts.

Similar bills

C-75 (38th Parliament, 1st session) Public Health Agency of Canada Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-5s:

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Votes

June 20, 2006 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
May 8, 2006 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

Health Committee, on May 11, 2006

Health Committee, on May 16, 2006