Jane Philpott
Jane Philpott (born November 23, 1960 in Toronto ) is a Canadian doctor and politician .
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Philpott was born in Toronto in the Canadian province of Ontario in 1960 . She spent her childhood in Winnipeg ( Manitoba ), Princeton ( New Jersey ) and Hespeler (Ontario). Her father was a pastor in a Presbyterian / Reformed church and her mother was a teacher . She is the oldest of four daughters. She later studied medicine at the University of Western Ontario , where she graduated cum laude in 1984 . In 2012 she earned a Masters in Public Health from the University of Toronto .
From 1998 to 2015 she worked as a family doctor . From 2008 to 2014 she was also Head of General Practice at Markham-Stouffville Hospital. During this time she was repeatedly involved in health care in Africa. In Niger , Africa , she developed a training program for village health workers and founded the donation campaign Give a Day to World AIDS . During a food crisis in Niger in 2005, she worked as a doctor for the organization Doctors Without Borders in Niger.
After working as a doctor, she won a seat in the Canadian Parliament for the first time in the general election on October 19, 2015 for the Liberal Party in the Markham-Stouffville district of Ontario . She was Canada's Minister of Health until August 2017. On November 4, 2015, she was appointed Minister of Health under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the 29th Canadian Cabinet ; on August 28, 2017, her job was changed, she became Minister for Services for Autochthons, with a focus on health and social affairs.
On January 14, 2019, Prime Minister Trudeau made her President of the Treasury Board and therefore also the Minister responsible for administrative digitization. She replaced Scott Brison in this position. Philpott resigned on March 4, 2019. She wrote that she could not justify remaining in the Cabinet. The background to this is a controversy surrounding corruption investigations against the Canadian construction and engineering company SNC-Lavalin .
Philpott is married to the radio journalist Pep Philpott. The couple have four children together. Philpott is involved in the Mennonite community in Stouffville.
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- ^ Philpott resigns from cabinet, citing loss of 'confidence' over government's handling of SNC-Lavalin CBC
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Philpott, Jane |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian medical doctor and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto |