I'll react quickly by saying that this role is very important for the Public Health Agency of Canada. Our mandate is to develop knowledge and to transmit it. That's why we do a lot of work in cooperation with our partners, the provinces and territorial governments, and with other non-governmental partners. We find that the transmission of the knowledge and information that we have is very important in such a complex field. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research are concerned with developing knowledge and conducting the necessary research.
On January 31st, 2008. See this statement in context.