Briefing Packages – Minister and Deputy Minister

Briefing packages prepared for the purpose of enabling a new Minister or Deputy Minister to assume their new responsibilities.

Ministerial Briefing Material

April 2025

• Ministerial Transition April 2025
• Minister of Health pocket book

March 2025

• Ministerial Briefing Volume I: Overview of the Health Portfolio
• Minister of Health pocket book

December 2024

• Deputy Minister Briefing Material

November 2023

• Ministerial briefing volume I: Overview of the Health Portfolio
• Ministerial briefing volume II: Health Portfolio priorities
• Minister of Mental Health and Addictions pocket book
• Minister of Health pocketbook

October 2021

• Ministerial Briefing Volume I - Overview of the Health Portfolio
• Ministerial Briefing Volume II - COVID overview
• Ministerial Briefing Volume III - First 100 days
• Minister of Health Pocket Book - Pocket book with Health Portfolio highlights
• Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Pocket Book - Pocket book with Health Portfolio highlights

November 2019

• Ministerial Briefing Volume I - Overview of the Health Portfolio
• Ministerial Briefing Volume II - First 100 days
• Minister of Health Pocket Book - Pocket book with Health Portfolio highlights

September 2019

• Deputy Minister Briefing Material - Overview of Health Canada as well as information on Governance and Operations

October 2015

• Table of Contents - Briefing material provided to the Health Minister (Volume I - VI)