I think certainly simply the use of the word “consensus” points to the fact that people have to come to the table: the provinces, territories, federal government, federal organizations have to come together to agree on that strategy. I think that's central. But the mandate of the Public Health Agency is to provide leadership on these public health issues that reach across the country. We have identified in the course of the audit that there were many different times when the agency tried to work with partners to get to a strategy, but hasn't succeeded in doing that. As I said, and repeated a little earlier, there wasn't any provincial or territorial consensus on what the role of the agency should be. I think the first step is very much getting to the point of: what is the role that the agency can play in helping treat this as a national issue?
On April 29th, 2015. See this statement in context.