Mr. Chair, the chief public health officer is an important position. As the Minister of Health has said, the appointment of Dr. David Butler-Jones has provided his network with respect with regard to his relationship with the chief medical officers of health throughout the country in terms of their shared work.
We had a fabulous lunch with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and the chief medical officers for the provinces and the territories. They have an unbelievable understanding of the social determinants of health and the common risks. We need not only ministers of health across the country but we need ministers of all departments to put a health lens on healthy public policy. Whether it has to do with smog days or whether it has to with the percentage of families spending more than 50% of their income on rent, it must be a response by this government and indeed the whole country.
I hope we arrive at the day when we will see that the sustainability of our health care system is actually the shared goal of keeping people well.
We look forward to the efforts of all members of Parliament who have become real champions in their areas with their various networks across the country. This is really a shared goal and vision of all parliamentarians. We thank them all for their help.