Top health bureaucrat calls overhaul of public health a 'straight resource issue'

In August, the province announced it was "enhancing" the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health by transferring several functions to other departments.

The association's executive director, Ian Culbert, told CBC News that "it just doesn't make sense to us to break up a public health team."

"We have serious concerns about what could happen to normal services for public health activities in the province, but also what could happen if there was an emergency."