Federal Budget: Federal Tobacco Control Strategy; alcohol policy; getting cancer patients the information and support they need; the Employment Insurance Sickness Benefit; health research; access to palliative care; and other budgetary policy as it relates to cancer.
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Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to nicotine replacement products
Canada Labour Code, as it relates to employment insurance and job-protected leave.
Access to medication - expanding the range of medications covered by various insurance plans, and the number of Canadians able to access and afford medication. This includes a national pharmaceutical strategy.
National Caregiving Strategy
Health Human Resources and Coalition for Action for health care workers.
Canada Health Transfer - health system funding transfer and agreements intended for provinces/territories to support the delivery of healthcare services, including cancer care services and palliative care.
Aging at Home Benefit.
Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term, home and palliative care.
Legislation/regulation of electronic cigarettes including use, marketing and all other aspects.
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.
Equitable and timely access to cancer screening.
Controlled Products Regulations, as it relates to implementing the Globally Harmonized System in Canada.
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
Funding for programs to be operated by the Canadian Cancer Society to advance cancer control.
Safe Long-Term Care Act.
Employment Insurance special benefit programs, asking the federal government to improve these benefits by expanding eligibility.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research as it relates to continued federal funding & long term investment in health research.
Non-Smokers' Health Act, including implementation and enforcement.
Excise Act, 2001 and regulations, as it relates to contraband and the taxation of tobacco and vaping products.
Health Canada's tobacco control program and policies related to tobacco and vaping products, including sustaining government funding levels, and implementation of effective programs and policies.
First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and regulations, as it relates to the taxation of tobacco products.
Patent Act, as it relates to the use of patents for international humanitarian purposes to address public health problems.
Data as it relates to all health and cancer data policy, planning and outcomes.
UN Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases, as it pertains to cancer control, including the development of a Global Coordination Mechanism; increased federal investments in prevention initiatives; and policy changes as it relates to tobacco control, healthy living, and access to screening and treatment, as identified in the Declaration.
Measures and funding for the charitable sector generally.
Trade agreements as they relate to tobacco control.
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to alcohol warning labels
Access to palliative care, as it relates to programs offered through Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the Department of National Defence, and Employment and Social Development Canada.
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to restricting the advertising to children of foods high in sodium, sugars and saturated fat.
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, as it relates to continued federal funding & long term investment in health research through Canadian Institutes of Health Research.