This section of the law also gives the Minister of Health a power of initiative to intervene in the plans of other ministers in the case of projects or policies that could be harmful to health and well-being. [...] Coordination of the implementation of section 54 and mobilization around the HIA process is the responsibility of the Direction générale de la santé publique (DGSP – the public health directorate) of the ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS - the Ministry of Health and Social Services). [...] Future developments include: • Using the results of the external evaluation underway to improve the practice; • Developing and eventually adopting a government policy of health prevention, which would reaffirm the relevance of HIA at the highest level; • Mobilizing HIA as a support measure for one of the government’s most significant economic development projects, involving the development of Nort [...] The establishment of the HLPP began with the 2010 establishment of an interministerial committee whose goal was to make recommendations to the government concerning the best ways to introduce a governmental process that would promote the integration of health concerns into public policy. [...] Finally, there is increasing recognition of the link between the health of the population and the prosperity of the state, which may create support for HIA at the highest administrative level.