First of all, I'd like to say thanks to Dr. David Butler-Jones. It's a pleasure to meet you and to have you here at our committee. Certainly it was great that the minister was able to be here as well, even if it wasn't for as long as some would have liked.
I think this is an extremely important bill, and I'm certainly glad it was put forward in such a timely fashion. We do know that none of us can operate as an island. We all need help and we need coordination. This bill provides that, from the smallest municipality that can be concerned about issues right up to the largest municipality and province and so on. I think this is a wonderful move that is really going to help Canadians. We do have to work together. In today's world, pandemics are certainly a very probable possibility.
The one question I have for you, Dr. Butler-Jones, is that since this separates the agency from Health Canada, how will the agency and you, as Chief Public Health Officer, work with Health Canada and the other federal departments? What's the fit?