Health committee  If I may, I'll answer first. I think it leads to the common misconception that medical officers of health and chief medical officers of health in the provinces and territories are independent. They're not. They are employees of the provincial government and therefore put under t

Health committee  It's difficult, insomuch as medical officers of health are not elected. The electorate chooses people to make these very difficult decisions on their behalf. I think that as a result of the pandemic, people will perhaps think about these decisions differently in the future.