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Valerie Grdisa's lobbying: the registrations they file and every meeting they've reported since November 2021.

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Registrant (responsible officer)

Valerie Grdisa

Chief Executive Officer

For companies and organizations, the most senior paid officer files the registration and the monthly reports, whoever attended the meeting.

Meetings this Parliament
62
Since Nov 2021
93
Active registrations
1

Reported meetings

  • Allow nurses to certify the Disability Tax Credit form

    Official report

    • Doris Mah · Chief of Staff, House of Commons
    Continue to act on Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, including recommendation for new Indigenous healing centres, enhancing the education of health-care workers in culturally appropriate care, and increasing the diversity of the health workforce in Canada. Read more

    Seek funding for nursing research, including Indigenous nursing

    Create a pan-Canadian health human resources strategy

    Allow nurses to certify the Disability Tax Credit form

    Strategies to address the health human resources crisis and nursing shortages across Canada, including providing funding to provinces and territories to help optimize workloads; financial supports for nurses and health-care workers such as loan forgiveness, tax incentives, retention bonuses for senior nurses; creating a mental health action plan for health-care workers; increasing training and education for health-care workers.

    Influencing the Canada Health Transfer and Health Bilateral Agreements between the federal government and provinces and territories to urge governments to increase healthcare investments and invest in priority areas such as the health workforce, primary care, long-term care, mental health, data and virtual care, and surgeries and backlogs.

    Official report

    • Leigh Chapman · Chief Nursing Officer, Health Canada (HC)
    • Ya'ara Saks · Member of Parliament, Health Canada (HC)
    Support for regulated nurses working at full scope of practice Read more

    Allow nurses to certify the Disability Tax Credit form

    Influencing the Canada Health Transfer and Health Bilateral Agreements between the federal government and provinces and territories to urge governments to increase healthcare investments and invest in priority areas such as the health workforce, primary care, long-term care, mental health, data and virtual care, and surgeries and backlogs.

    Continue to act on Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, including recommendation for new Indigenous healing centres, enhancing the education of health-care workers in culturally appropriate care, and increasing the diversity of the health workforce in Canada.

    Strategies to address the health human resources crisis and nursing shortages across Canada, including providing funding to provinces and territories to help optimize workloads; financial supports for nurses and health-care workers such as loan forgiveness, tax incentives, retention bonuses for senior nurses; creating a mental health action plan for health-care workers; increasing training and education for health-care workers.

    Create a pan-Canadian health human resources strategy

    Official report

  • Support for regulated nurses working at full scope of practice Read more

    Enhancing access to sustainable health human resources (HHR) to better serve rural, remote and Indigenous communities across Canada. As well as greater HHR coordination across Canada and inter professional collaboration. This also includes increasing virtual care modalities and broadband internet minimum speeds.

    Create a pan-Canadian health human resources strategy

    Provide funding for a comprehensive, universal, public, affordable prescription medication coverage that ensures access in all health-care settings based on need and not the ability to pay

    Continue to act on Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, including recommendation for new Indigenous healing centres, enhancing the education of health-care workers in culturally appropriate care, and increasing the diversity of the health workforce in Canada.

    Strengthening and creating programs to support illness prevention and health promotion, long term care, palliative care, home and community care, affordable housing and other social determinants of health

    Strategies to address the health human resources crisis and nursing shortages across Canada, including providing funding to provinces and territories to help optimize workloads; financial supports for nurses and health-care workers such as loan forgiveness, tax incentives, retention bonuses for senior nurses; creating a mental health action plan for health-care workers; increasing training and education for health-care workers.

    Allow nurses to certify the Disability Tax Credit form

    Influencing the Canada Health Transfer and Health Bilateral Agreements between the federal government and provinces and territories to urge governments to increase healthcare investments and invest in priority areas such as the health workforce, primary care, long-term care, mental health, data and virtual care, and surgeries and backlogs.

    Official report

    • Anna Roberts · Member of Parliament
    • Martha MacQuarrie · Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons
    Development of pan-Canadian standards for equal access, consistent quality, and necessary staffing, training and protocols for the long-term care sector, including home, community, and institutional settings, with increased funding and proper accountability measures and outcomes. Read more

    Improve community- and home-based health promotion

    Allow nurses to certify the Disability Tax Credit form

    Strategies to address the health human resources crisis and nursing shortages across Canada, including providing funding to provinces and territories to help optimize workloads; financial supports for nurses and health-care workers such as loan forgiveness, tax incentives, retention bonuses for senior nurses; creating a mental health action plan for health-care workers; increasing training and education for health-care workers.

    Continue to act on Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, including recommendation for new Indigenous healing centres, enhancing the education of health-care workers in culturally appropriate care, and increasing the diversity of the health workforce in Canada.

    Create a pan-Canadian health human resources strategy

    Official report

    • Joan Kingston · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Support for regulated nurses working at full scope of practice Read more

    Enhancing access to sustainable health human resources (HHR) to better serve rural, remote and Indigenous communities across Canada. As well as greater HHR coordination across Canada and inter professional collaboration. This also includes increasing virtual care modalities and broadband internet minimum speeds.

    Provide funding for a comprehensive, universal, public, affordable prescription medication coverage that ensures access in all health-care settings based on need and not the ability to pay

    Development of pan-Canadian standards for equal access, consistent quality, and necessary staffing, training and protocols for the long-term care sector, including home, community, and institutional settings, with increased funding and proper accountability measures and outcomes.

    Improve access to primary care, home care, and palliative and end-of-life care for all people in Canada.

    Influencing the Canada Health Transfer and Health Bilateral Agreements between the federal government and provinces and territories to urge governments to increase healthcare investments and invest in priority areas such as the health workforce, primary care, long-term care, mental health, data and virtual care, and surgeries and backlogs.

    Improve community- and home-based health promotion

    Continue to act on Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, including recommendation for new Indigenous healing centres, enhancing the education of health-care workers in culturally appropriate care, and increasing the diversity of the health workforce in Canada.

    Improving care in long-term care facilities through enhanced access to and provision of care from regulated nurses.

    Funding to support nursing certification across Canada to strengthen the safe delivery of expert care to older adults.

    Strategies to address the health human resources crisis and nursing shortages across Canada, including providing funding to provinces and territories to help optimize workloads; financial supports for nurses and health-care workers such as loan forgiveness, tax incentives, retention bonuses for senior nurses; creating a mental health action plan for health-care workers; increasing training and education for health-care workers.

    Official report

    • Leigh Chapman · Chief Nursing Officer, Health Canada (HC)
    Influencing the Canada Health Transfer and Health Bilateral Agreements between the federal government and provinces and territories to urge governments to increase healthcare investments and invest in priority areas such as the health workforce, primary care, long-term care, mental health, data and virtual care, and surgeries and backlogs. Read more

    Official report

    • Leigh Chapman · Chief Nursing Officer, Health Canada (HC)
    Funding to support newly graduated nurses moving into professional practice for the first time

    Official report

    • Kevin Murphy · Director, Disability Inclusion, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • darren choi · Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Strengthening of programs and supports for vulnerable populations, including child health, senior's health and domestic maternal, newborn and child health strategy development. Read more

    Continue to act on Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, including recommendation for new Indigenous healing centres, enhancing the education of health-care workers in culturally appropriate care, and increasing the diversity of the health workforce in Canada.

    Support for regulated nurses working at full scope of practice

    Official report

    • Mark Holland · Minister of Health, Health Canada (HC)
    • elizabeth wong · policy advisor, Health Canada (HC)
    Enhancing access to sustainable health human resources (HHR) to better serve rural, remote and Indigenous communities across Canada. As well as greater HHR coordination across Canada and inter professional collaboration. This also includes increasing virtual care modalities and broadband internet minimum speeds. Read more

    Improve access to primary care, home care, and palliative and end-of-life care for all people in Canada.

    Improve community- and home-based health promotion

    Continue to act on Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, including recommendation for new Indigenous healing centres, enhancing the education of health-care workers in culturally appropriate care, and increasing the diversity of the health workforce in Canada.

    Support for regulated nurses working at full scope of practice

    Funding to support nursing certification across Canada to strengthen the safe delivery of expert care to older adults.

    Influencing the Canada Health Transfer and Health Bilateral Agreements between the federal government and provinces and territories to urge governments to increase healthcare investments and invest in priority areas such as the health workforce, primary care, long-term care, mental health, data and virtual care, and surgeries and backlogs.

    Strategies to address the health human resources crisis and nursing shortages across Canada, including providing funding to provinces and territories to help optimize workloads; financial supports for nurses and health-care workers such as loan forgiveness, tax incentives, retention bonuses for senior nurses; creating a mental health action plan for health-care workers; increasing training and education for health-care workers.

    Official report

    • René Cormier · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Réjean Aucoin · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Lucie Moncion · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Marie-Françoise Mégie · Senator, Senate of Canada
    and 1 more
    • Bernadette Clement · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Influencing the Canada Health Transfer and Health Bilateral Agreements between the federal government and provinces and territories to urge governments to increase healthcare investments and invest in priority areas such as the health workforce, primary care, long-term care, mental health, data and virtual care, and surgeries and backlogs. Read more

    Improve access to primary care, home care, and palliative and end-of-life care for all people in Canada.

    Improving care in long-term care facilities through enhanced access to and provision of care from regulated nurses.

    Support for regulated nurses working at full scope of practice

    Strategies to address the health human resources crisis and nursing shortages across Canada, including providing funding to provinces and territories to help optimize workloads; financial supports for nurses and health-care workers such as loan forgiveness, tax incentives, retention bonuses for senior nurses; creating a mental health action plan for health-care workers; increasing training and education for health-care workers.

    Official report

  • Support for regulated nurses working at full scope of practice Read more

    Influencing the Canada Health Transfer and Health Bilateral Agreements between the federal government and provinces and territories to urge governments to increase healthcare investments and invest in priority areas such as the health workforce, primary care, long-term care, mental health, data and virtual care, and surgeries and backlogs.

    Strategies to address the health human resources crisis and nursing shortages across Canada, including providing funding to provinces and territories to help optimize workloads; financial supports for nurses and health-care workers such as loan forgiveness, tax incentives, retention bonuses for senior nurses; creating a mental health action plan for health-care workers; increasing training and education for health-care workers.

    Official report

    • Leigh Chapman · Chief Nursing Officer, Health Canada (HC)
    Strategies to address the health human resources crisis and nursing shortages across Canada, including providing funding to provinces and territories to help optimize workloads; financial supports for nurses and health-care workers such as loan forgiveness, tax incentives, retention bonuses for senior nurses; creating a mental health action plan for health-care workers; increasing training and education for health-care workers. Read more

    Influencing the Canada Health Transfer and Health Bilateral Agreements between the federal government and provinces and territories to urge governments to increase healthcare investments and invest in priority areas such as the health workforce, primary care, long-term care, mental health, data and virtual care, and surgeries and backlogs.

    Official report

    • Jill Pilgrim · Deputy Director of Policy and Legal Affairs, Health Canada (HC)
    • elizabeth wong · policy advisor, Health Canada (HC)

    Aboriginal AffairsBudgetFederal-Provincial RelationsHealthTaxation and Finance

    Official report

    • Leigh Chapman · Chief Nursing Officer, Health Canada (HC)

    Aboriginal AffairsBudgetEducationFederal-Provincial RelationsHealth

    Official report

    • Jocelyne Voisin · Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Branch, Health Canada (HC)

    Federal-Provincial RelationsHealth

    Official report

    • Leigh Chapman · Chief Nursing Officer, Health Canada (HC)

    Federal-Provincial RelationsHealth

    Official report

    • Randy Boissonnault · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Ya'ara Saks · Member of Parliament, Health Canada (HC)

    HealthTaxation and Finance

    Official report

From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026. Reports cover oral, arranged meetings with designated public office holders since November 22, 2021; lobbyists file them by the 15th of the following month. Names of MPs are matched to the current House of Commons, and bills are linked when the lobbyist's own description makes clear which bill it means. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement — Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Licence. PolitiKit is independent and is not endorsed by the Commissioner of Lobbying.