This is deleting the clause of the bill that will remove the chief public health officer's rank status as deputy head of department. It flows with amendments that I proposed in 11 through 13 so that the chief public health officer would retain the status of deputy head.
I'll just say one of the practical reasons that this makes sense is that departmental heads, deputy ministers exchange information at that level a lot and all the time. Many public health experts believe it's important to have the chief public health officer in that loop with other deputy ministers to be able to share and assess information at that level, peer to peer. We believe it's very important to ensure that the chief public health officer remain with the status of deputy head of the department.