Minister of Health (Canada)
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The Minister of Health (French: Ministre de la Santé) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's health department (Health Canada) and the enforcing the Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada Health Act, the law governing Medicare. The current Minister of Health is Tony Clement, MP for Parry Sound-Muskoka.
The Minister of Health is also the responsible Minister for the:
- Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission
- National Advisory Council on Aging (shared with the Secretary of State [Seniors]).
- Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
[edit] History
Prior to 1944, the responsibilities of the current Health portfolio were part of the now-defunct post of Minister of Pensions and National Health. From 1944 to 1996, the post was known as the Minister of National Health and Welfare.
[edit] Ministers
| 1. | David Dingwall | July 12, 1996 - June 10, 1997 | under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien |
| 2. | Allan Rock | June 11, 1997 - January 14, 2002 | |
| 3. | Anne McLellan | January 15, 2002 - December 11, 2003 | |
| 4. | Pierre Pettigrew | December 12, 2003 - July 19, 2004 | under Prime Minister Paul Martin |
| 5. | Ujjal Dosanjh | July 20, 2004 - February 5, 2006 | |
| 6. | Tony Clement | February 6, 2006 - | under Prime Minister Stephen Harper |
