OTTAWA —
There’s a brand new boss coming in to the Public Well being Company of Canada, as Iain Stewart—the president who was admonished by MPs in June—is out after one 12 months within the job.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thanked Stewart for his “management in efficiently implementing the COVID-19 vaccine rollout,” and stated he’ll be going again to the place he beforehand held as president of the Nationwide Analysis Council of Canada.
Changing him as the brand new president of PHAC efficient Oct. 12 can be Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar, who’s at the moment an affiliate deputy minister of well being.
The transfer comes as a part of a sequence of adjustments to the senior ranks of the federal public service introduced Friday afternoon.
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