Canada’s new Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Philpott, may be a relative newcomer to the political sphere, but her career in health care spans three decades and two continents.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed the 54-year-old MP for Markham—Stouffville to one of the country’s most high-profile portfolios at Wednesday’s swearing-in ceremony.
Philpott’s experience as a health-care manager includes six years as Chief of the Department of Family Medicine at Markham Stouffville Hospital, a position she left in 2014 after she began to campaign for the Liberals.
Her new job, however, will require the political neophyte to negotiate with her provincial counterparts, all of whom oversee their own health-care systems.
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