Public health agency head who was admonished by MPs leaving: PM
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There's a new boss coming in to the Public Health Agency of Canada, as Iain Stewart—the president who was admonished by MPs in June—is out after one year in the job. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thanked Stewart for his 'leadership in successfully implementing the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.'
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thanked Stewart for his “leadership in successfully implementing the COVID-19 vaccine rollout,” and said he’ll be going back to the position he previously held as president of the National Research Council of Canada.
Replacing him as the new president of PHAC effective Oct. 12 will be Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar, who is currently an associate deputy minister of health.
The move comes as part of a series of changes to the senior ranks of the federal public service announced Friday afternoon.
Stewart—a long-time senior public servant—came into the role in September 2020 after his predecessor stepped down. Stewart took on the new position just as the country was bracing for the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and oversaw the agency as it led the national vaccine rollout. https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/public-health-agency-of-canada-gets-new-president-as-current-one-steps-down-1.5113718
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