‘Silent good’: PHAC appropriate body for pandemic response, but needs reliable resources and more power, say experts

Increasing the profile of the Public Health Agency could help sustain public support for funding its operations outside of a pandemic crisis, say health experts.

Canada's Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, pictured April 20, 2020, has been the face of the feds' response to the coronavirus. She's charged with steering the country's containment efforts to slow the spread of the virus. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

May 4, 2020

The Public Health Agency of Canada, which is currently navigating the country through the COVID-19 pandemic, is best positioned to lead the national response to pandemics, but health experts and Parliamentarians say it needs more resources and more power in order to de...

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