Organization
Canadian Physiotherapy Association
- Meetings this Parliament
- 5
- With MPs
- 3
- Since Nov 2021
- 69
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Mar 27, 2026.
Lobbying by Canadian Physiotherapy Association: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
← LobbyingRegistrations in effect
In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 17, 2026
Filed by Krissy Murphy, Chief Executive Officer
Lobbyists
- Fiona Livingstone · Chief Corporate Services Officer
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Gary Stordy · Director of Advocacy
Former public office holder
Formerly Special Assistant/Parliamentary Coordinator, Member of Parliament, House of Commons (2000–2002)
- Krissy Murphy · Chief Executive Officer
- Lisa Carroll · Senior Director, Professional Practice
Institutions they may lobby: Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Senate of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
What they're lobbying on (9)Hide details
- Value for physiotherapy in diverse sectors such as primary care. Discussion includes physiotherapy access, expansion of services and scope of practice.
- Scope of Practice: Physiotherapy scope of practice, skill-set optimization, value for physiotherapy, economic impact.
- Raise awareness about the role of physiotherapy within a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare and educate policymakers on how physiotherapy can help reduce healthcare costs, maximize current spending and funding allocation through physiotherapy skill optimization, support preventative care and contribute to a healthier Canadian population at all stages of life.
- Internationally Educated Health Professionals: Monitoring issues related to emerging needs of profession and population.
- Improving access to safe and effective pain management, such as physiotherapy as a non-pharmacological care, as an upstream and early intervention and prevention response to the opioid crisis
- Health Human Resource Strategy: Explore opportunities to develop health human resource strategy for the profession of physiotherapy. Discussion includes health human resources planning, health human resource crisis, workforce planning, workforce shortages, scope of practice.
- Enable support and funding for those communities that could potentially benefit most from telerehabilitation and virtual services, including Indigenous, First Nations, Inuit and Metis and rural and remote populations, where infrastructure may presently exclude them from access (no cellular or internet service/access). Discussion on equity of access to physiotherapy services.
- Caseload Guidelines: Joint application for funding from Health Canada for Caseload Guidelines development for Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy. and Speech Language Pathology. Including research regarding physiotherapy specific caseload guidelines.
- Adult physiotherapy services covered under the Non-Insured Health Benefits program. This includes NHIB, orthotics, medical devices, coverage.
Registration 954941-16979-24. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
SpreadsheetFiled by Krissy Murphy (46), Elisa Beselt (20), John-Paul Cody-Cox (3).
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Amen BenAhmouda · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Value for physiotherapy in diverse sectors such as primary care. Discussion includes physiotherapy access, expansion of services and scope of practice.
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Fahim Khan · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
Value for physiotherapy in diverse sectors such as primary care. Discussion includes physiotherapy access, expansion of services and scope of practice.
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Fred Davies · Member of Parliament
Raise awareness about the role of physiotherapy within a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare and educate policymakers on how physiotherapy can help reduce healthcare costs, maximize current spending and funding allocation through physiotherapy skill optimization, support preventative care and contribute to a healthier Canadian population at all stages of life. Read more
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Fares Al Soud · Member of Parliament
Raise awareness about the role of physiotherapy within a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare and educate policymakers on how physiotherapy can help reduce healthcare costs, maximize current spending and funding allocation through physiotherapy skill optimization, support preventative care and contribute to a healthier Canadian population at all stages of life. Read more
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Philip Lawrence · Member of Parliament
Raise awareness about the role of physiotherapy within a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare and educate policymakers on how physiotherapy can help reduce healthcare costs, maximize current spending and funding allocation through physiotherapy skill optimization, support preventative care and contribute to a healthier Canadian population at all stages of life. Read more
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Nicholas Mackiewicz · Senior Advisor, Policy, House of Commons
Internationally Educated Health Professionals: Monitoring issues related to emerging needs of profession and population. Read more
Scope of Practice: Physiotherapy scope of practice, skill-set optimization, value for physiotherapy, economic impact.
Value for physiotherapy in diverse sectors such as primary care. Discussion includes physiotherapy access, expansion of services and scope of practice.
Health Human Resource Strategy: Explore opportunities to develop health human resource strategy for the profession of physiotherapy. Discussion includes health human resources planning, health human resource crisis, workforce planning, workforce shortages, scope of practice.
Raise awareness about the role of physiotherapy within a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare and educate policymakers on how physiotherapy can help reduce healthcare costs, maximize current spending and funding allocation through physiotherapy skill optimization, support preventative care and contribute to a healthier Canadian population at all stages of life.
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Susan Weston · Health Care Policy and Strategies Program, Health Canada (HC)
Health Human Resource Strategy: Explore opportunities to develop health human resource strategy for the profession of physiotherapy. Discussion includes health human resources planning, health human resource crisis, workforce planning, workforce shortages, scope of practice. Read more
Value for physiotherapy in diverse sectors such as primary care. Discussion includes physiotherapy access, expansion of services and scope of practice.
Scope of Practice: Physiotherapy scope of practice, skill-set optimization, value for physiotherapy, economic impact.
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Jennifer Goodyer · Executive Director, Canada Health Act Division, Health Canada (HC)
- Marci Gillespie · Assistant Director, Health Canada (HC)
Scope of Practice: Physiotherapy scope of practice, skill-set optimization, value for physiotherapy, economic impact. Read more
Health Human Resource Strategy: Explore opportunities to develop health human resource strategy for the profession of physiotherapy. Discussion includes health human resources planning, health human resource crisis, workforce planning, workforce shortages, scope of practice.
Value for physiotherapy in diverse sectors such as primary care. Discussion includes physiotherapy access, expansion of services and scope of practice.
Raise awareness about the role of physiotherapy within a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare and educate policymakers on how physiotherapy can help reduce healthcare costs, maximize current spending and funding allocation through physiotherapy skill optimization, support preventative care and contribute to a healthier Canadian population at all stages of life.
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Yasir Naqvi · Member of Parliament
Raise awareness about the role of physiotherapy within a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare and educate policymakers on how physiotherapy can help reduce healthcare costs, maximize current spending and funding allocation through physiotherapy skill optimization, support preventative care and contribute to a healthier Canadian population at all stages of life. Read more
Health Human Resource Strategy: Explore opportunities to develop health human resource strategy for the profession of physiotherapy. Discussion includes health human resources planning, health human resource crisis, workforce planning, workforce shortages, scope of practice.
Scope of Practice: Physiotherapy scope of practice, skill-set optimization, value for physiotherapy, economic impact.
Improving access to safe and effective pain management, such as physiotherapy as a non-pharmacological care, as an upstream and early intervention and prevention response to the opioid crisis
Value for physiotherapy in diverse sectors such as primary care. Discussion includes physiotherapy access, expansion of services and scope of practice.
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Jade Mallette · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, House of Commons
Scope of Practice: Physiotherapy scope of practice, skill-set optimization, value for physiotherapy, economic impact. Read more
Value for physiotherapy in diverse sectors such as primary care. Discussion includes physiotherapy access, expansion of services and scope of practice.
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Bryce McRae · Manager of Stakeholder Relations, House of Commons
BudgetEmployment and TrainingHealth
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Jill Pilgrim · Director of Policy (Health Care Systems) and Legal Affairs | Directrice des politiques (Systèmes de soins de santé) et des affaires juridiques, House of Commons
- Elizabeth Wong · Policy Advisor, House of Commons
BudgetHealth
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Luc Thériault · Member of Parliament
BudgetHealthLabour
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Pat Kelly · Member of Parliament
BudgetHealth
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Yasir Naqvi · Member of Parliament
BudgetHealthLabour
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Peter Fragiskatos · Member of Parliament
BudgetHealth
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Pam Damoff · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
BudgetHealth
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Wilson Miao · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
BudgetHealth
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Stephan Hoffman · Chief of Staff, MP Patricia Lattanzio, House of Commons
BudgetHealth
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Philip Lawrence · Member of Parliament
BudgetHealth
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Francesco Sorbara · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Anthony Rota · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
BudgetHealth
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Valerie Bradford · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Sean Casey · Member of Parliament
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Reported by Krissy Murphy · In-house (organization)
- Andréanne Larouche · Member of Parliament
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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.