http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_health20040924

PM names head of Canada's new public health agency

WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Paul Martin was in Winnipeg Friday to
introduce Dr. David Butler-Jones as the country's new chief public
health officer.

Butler-Jones will head the new Public Health Agency of Canada. The
agency will be based in Winnipeg, but Butler-Jones says it's too early
to know if that will mean more jobs moving to the city.

"The plan is not to move people who are currently living and working
in Ottawa out of Ottawa. This is a pan-Canadian agency with people
across the country," he says.

The new agency is modelled after the U.S. Centres for Disease Control
in Atlanta. A second office in Ottawa will co-ordinate the efforts of
federal departments on emergency planning, preparedness and response.
Six regional centres will focus on specific public health issues.

"One of the early things we need to do as they're developing where
this agency goes is looking at what are the additional people,
resources, expertise that is needed, and where is it best placed to
serve the country?" says Butler-Jones.

Butler-Jones was the former chief medical officer in Saskatchewan from
1995 to 2002. He was also a member of the National Advisory Committee
on SARS and Public Health, which called for a national public health
body.

Prime Minister Martin says the agency is another step in providing the
best possible system for ensuring the health and safety of Canadians.
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Here is a picture and some background on Dr. David Butler-Jones.
Fourth picture down.

http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/24583.html

Judging by his physical size and the fact that he appears to be
grossly overweight, I don't think he personally understands anything
about diet, maintaining weight, and good health derived from diet.

TC