Happenings - The National Forum on Health

Authors

  • Judith A. Ritchie

Abstract

The National Forum on Health, chaired by the Prime Minister of Canada, was launched in October 1994 and presented its final report, Canada Health Action: Building on the Legacy (National Forum on Health, 1997a), in February 1997. The Forum's mandate was "to involve and inform Canadians, and to advise the federal government on innovative ways to improve our health system and the health of Canada's people." I was privileged to be one of the 24 members of the Forum. We were volunteers from across Canada with varied backgrounds: small and large business; labour; health-policy research; health and health care, as practitioners, researchers, or volunteers; health advocacy and activism; and political-party policy development. Our work was supported by a secretariat in Ottawa that included an Executive Director, policy analysts, and communications experts.

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1997-04-13

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