The Canadian Pharmacist Association has appointed Danielle Paes its first Chief Pharmacist Officer to represent pharmacists to the public and various stakeholders.
In July 2020, the province announced they would no longer issue birth alerts, a policy implemented by the Child and Family Services (CFS) system to alert hospitals and other CFS agencies of a mother deemed to be "high-risk'' and in need of further assessment before they could be discharged with a newborn baby.