Thank you, Madam Chair. I'd be happy to answer that question.
There is coordination that goes on at multiple levels. I'll name a few things, but it will not be an exhaustive list. A good example of coordination is CIHR, which will be here on Thursday. A key federal role is the research role. CIHR research contributes hugely to both medical research—finding cures and better treatments for diseases—and research with respect to better management of the health systems. CIHR was instrumental in doing research, for example, on wait times benchmarks. That would be one example of cooperation.
Another example of cooperation would be the work we do with provinces with respect to drug approvals. The committee, some months ago, did a review of the drug approval process under CADTH. That's something we work on closely with the provinces.
Also, through our Health Products and Food Branch, we have an important role in approving drugs for their safety and efficacy. Obviously that's an important factor in terms of getting drugs onto the market. There are other programs, like the special access program, that Health Canada runs that enable physicians to get access to off-market drugs.
There are also programs we're working with, and David can speak a little bit more about initiatives under public health. The public health network, for example, coordinated work we do with respect to health promotion and national strategies on disease prevention. Of course, I spoke at some length about the mental health strategy.