“The Public Health Network is a mechanism that [is] a new way for different levels of government and experts to work together to improve public health in Canada. It’s a tool for improving collaboration across jurisdictions, for keeping us on the same page and working towards the same ends, mixing policy and practice.”

[Dr. David Butler-Jones, addressing the National Meeting on Promotion and Prevention In Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, July 5, 2008]

“A big part of the Network’s success has been in the simple fact that its structure embraces the basic notion that public health is all about the power of the collective. We all have individual parts to play, but like the team sport that it is, public health needs everyone to be playing them together.”

[Dr. David Butler-Jones, addressing the National Meeting on Promotion and Prevention In Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, July 5, 2008]

“The Public Health Network really is one of our most important success stories. Before SARS, that role was filled by what was, basically, a few advisory committees – which could, of course, only advise. With the Network, we’ve shifted from advising to doing.”

[Dr. David Butler-Jones, addressing the National Meeting on Promotion and Prevention In Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, July 5, 2008]