Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Absolutely. The pan-Canadian health data strategy, which I did mention before, is the long-term road map that we're looking at. It's been developed in consultation with provinces and territories. Currently, two reports have been published by the expert advisory group. A third report is due in the spring of 2022.
With regard to the high-level milestones for the group, first, one of the key items was the creation of the corporate data and surveillance branch. The plan to establish the governance for the long-term pan-Canadian health data strategy has also been put in place. The launch of the expert advisory group has been put in place and, again, the development is set for April 2022.
The short- and medium-term priorities that have been outlined under the strategy are being defined by March 2022, and the intent is to bring this to a conference of deputy ministers of health in May 2022. The overall work is happening and is proceeding at pace. There are also task-limited time groups that are working on specific sub-items under the pan-Canadian health data strategy.
If the esteemed members of the committee have not read the first two reports, they are excellent and do highlight an ambitious but achievable path towards having an effective public health data ecosystem and effective sharing across provinces and territories.