Organization
CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY
- Meetings this Parliament
- 162
- With MPs
- 92
- Since Nov 2021
- 511
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 29, 2026.
Lobbying by CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY: 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 Jun 12, 2026 Receives government funding
Filed by Andrea Seale, Chief Executive Officer
Lobbyists
- Andrea Seale · Chief Executive Officer
- Angeline Webb · Senior Public Policy Advisor (Alberta)
- Brandon Purcell · Advocacy Manager, Prevention
- Charles Aruliah · Manager, Advocacy
- Daniel Nowoselski · Senior Advocacy Manager
- David Raynaud · Gestionnaire – Défense de l’intérêt public
- Dylan Buskermolen · Advocacy Specialist
- Elizabeth Holmes · Health Policy Analyst, Mission (National)
- Fernanda Martins · Sr. Advocacy Coordinator
- Heather Mulligan · Advocacy Manager, Atlantic Canada
- Helena Sonea · Senior Manager, Advocacy
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Hillary Buchan-Terrell · Advocacy Manager
Former public office holder
Formerly Legislative Assistant, Office of Anita Vandenbeld, MP for Ottawa West-Nepean, House of Commons (2015–2016)
- Jane Parsons · Regional Executive Director - Atlantic
- Julie Brown · Advocacy Specialist
- Lana Sommerville · Advocacy Manager, Atlantic
- Laura Orsini · Advocacy Specialist
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Riaz Kara · Executive Vice President, Research and Advocacy
Former public office holder
Formerly Vice President & Director General, Housing Policy & Partnerships, Housing Policy & Partnerships, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation & Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (2022–2024)
Formerly Executive Director & acting Director General - Federal Labour Program, Labour Program, Employment and Social Development Canada (2017–2022)
Formerly Director, Business and Client Service Policy, Business & Client Service Policy, Public Works and Government Services Canada (2015–2017)
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Rob Cunningham · Senior Policy Analyst(National)
Former public office holder
Formerly Correspondence Assistant (summer student), Office of the Leader of the Opposition, House of Commons (1986–1986)
Formerly Correspondence Assistant (summer student), Office of the Leader of the Opposition, House of Commons (1985–1985)
- Sandra Krueckl · EVP, Mission, Cancer Information and Support Services
- Sara Oates · Executive Vice President, Finance and Operations
- Stephen Piazza · Director, Advocacy
Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying (OCL), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Parks Canada (PC), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
What they're lobbying on (39)Hide details
- International trade regarding tobacco control, alcohol, products containing carcinogens and products associated with cancer.
- Internal trade regarding tobacco control, alcohol, products containing carcinogens and products associated with cancer.
- Funding for programs to be operated by the Canadian Cancer Society to advance cancer control.
- Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, as it relates to continued federal funding for the cancer control strategy
- Canada Health Transfer and health system bilateral funding agreements intended for provinces/territories to support the delivery of healthcare services
- Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation
- Tobacco and Vaping Products Act, as it relates to regulations, implementation and enforcement
- Non-Smokers' Health Act including implementation and enforcement
- Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to nciotine replacement products
- Federal Tobacco Control Strategy, including all matters related to tobacco control
- Taxation, revenue measures, controlled products regulations, including implementation, for alcohol, tobacco control, products containing carcinogens and products associated with cancer.
- Communication regarding alcohol consumption guidance.
- Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to alcohol warning labels
- Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to restricting the advertising to children of foods high in sodium, sugars and saturated fat.
- Healthy Living - Supporting initiatives, legislation, regulation, policies, and programs that prevent cancer or improve the social determinants of health
- Adoption of HPV testing and increasing HPV vaccination rates
- Sustainable funding of the National Advisory Committee on Preventive Health Services to ensure timely, up?to?date cancer screening guidelines
- Equitable and timely access to cancer screening.
- Measures and funding related to the charitable sector generally
- Equitable access to care along the full cancer continuum for First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities
- Employment Insurance special benefit programs, including the sickness benefit and compassionate care benefit
- Canada Labour Code and Employment Insurance Act, as it relates to job-protected leave, employment insurance special benefits, return to work policies, and human rights protections for people affected by cancer
- Access to information and support to make decisions regarding end-of-life care, including Medical Assistance In Dying
- Supports for mental health during people's cancer journeys
- Implementation and funding of the National Grief Action Plan as part of the government's work on palliative care and mental health
- Canada Health Act as it relates to access to care, including long-term, home, and palliative care
- National Caregiving Strategy
- Financial supports for caregivers, including the Canada Caregiver Credit
- Implementation of the Framework on Palliative Care in Canada and integration of a palliative approach to care in our health system, including national standards and data, care provider training, research, and implementation of the National Grief Action Plan and distinctions?based frameworks for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people
- Setting and measuring pan-Canadian wait time benchmarks and targets and measures to address them, including addressing healthcare shortages, increased and sustainable funding for care, infrastructure and equipment, targeted strategic funding to PTs for workforce shortages, particularly in rural and remote communities.
- Sustained core funding for federal research agencies, improved coverage of indirect research costs, Canadian research sovereignty, strengthening capacity and the economic benefits of domestic research, research commercialization.
- Increasing access to care including models of care, removing barriers to care, particularly for underserved communities, using innovative approaches to improve access to care including AI to improve timely diagnosis and treatment.
- Issues related to the healthcare workforce including efforts to coordinate and plan for workforce needs, health workforce data, the recruiting, education, training and retaining of healthcare professionals, attracting a skilled workforce including licensing and credential recognition, supportive work environments for healthcare workers, and strategic funding to address healthcare workforce shortages to improve access to care.
- Issues related to health and cancer data including the priorities of the pan-Canadian Cancer Data Strategy, data governance and stewardship, how health data is collected, linked and used, addressing gaps in health data, health data interoperability, data issues related to health care system planning, cancer registries, benchmarks and reporting.
- Effective post-approval pathways for medications and treatments, including health technology assessments, pricing negotiations, and public reimbursement for medications
- Access to medication - expanding the range of medications covered by various insurance plans, and the number of Canadians able to access and afford medication.
- Access to oncofertility treatments and support for people with cancer
- Travel and accommodation programs to access diagnostics, treatment, and care for people in rural, remote and northern communities with cancer
- Approvals process for the launch of clinical trials in Canada including regulation, funding, the creation of intellectual property and commercialization in Canada for the purpose of pharmaceutical sovereignty, economic development and scientific innovation.
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Reported meetings
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Justine Frame · Special Advisor (Policy), Health Canada (HC)
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. Read more
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.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Maggie Chi · Parliamentary Secretary, Health Canada (HC)
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. Read more
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.
Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term, home and palliative care.
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.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Mackenzy Metcalfe · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
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. Read more
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.
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.
Canada Labour Code, as it relates to employment insurance and job-protected leave.
Controlled Products Regulations, as it relates to implementing the Globally Harmonized System in Canada.
Aging at Home Benefit.
Health Human Resources and Coalition for Action for health care workers.
National Caregiving Strategy
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.
Employment Insurance special benefit programs, asking the federal government to improve these benefits by expanding eligibility.
Trade agreements as they relate to tobacco control.
Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term, home and palliative care.
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.
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to nicotine replacement products
Canadian Institutes of Health Research as it relates to continued federal funding & long term investment in health research.
Equitable and timely access to cancer screening.
First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and regulations, as it relates to the taxation of tobacco products.
Funding for programs to be operated by the Canadian Cancer Society to advance cancer control.
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to alcohol warning labels
Legislation/regulation of electronic cigarettes including use, marketing and all other aspects.
Safe Long-Term Care Act.
Non-Smokers' Health Act, including implementation and enforcement.
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
Patent Act, as it relates to the use of patents for international humanitarian purposes to address public health problems.
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.
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, as it relates to continued federal funding & long term investment in health research through Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Excise Act, 2001 and regulations, as it relates to contraband and the taxation of tobacco and vaping products.
Data as it relates to all health and cancer data policy, planning and outcomes.
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.
Measures and funding for the charitable sector generally.
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to restricting the advertising to children of foods high in sodium, sugars and saturated fat.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Marjorie Michel · Minister of Health, Health Canada (HC)
- Bryn Savage · Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
Excise Act, 2001 and regulations, as it relates to contraband and the taxation of tobacco and vaping products. Read more
Data as it relates to all health and cancer data policy, planning and outcomes.
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.
First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and regulations, as it relates to the taxation of tobacco products.
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.
National Caregiving Strategy
Canadian Institutes of Health Research as it relates to continued federal funding & long term investment in health research.
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, as it relates to continued federal funding & long term investment in health research through Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Maggie Chi · Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Health
- Matthew Pollesel · Director of Parliamentary Affairs and Issues Management, Office of Minister of Health and Issues Management, Health Canada (HC)
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. Read more
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
Canada Labour Code, as it relates to employment insurance and job-protected leave.
Controlled Products Regulations, as it relates to implementing the Globally Harmonized System in Canada.
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.
Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term, home and palliative care.
Aging at Home Benefit.
Employment Insurance special benefit programs, asking the federal government to improve these benefits by expanding eligibility.
Equitable and timely access to cancer screening.
Health Human Resources and Coalition for Action for health care workers.
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to nicotine replacement products
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.
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.
Legislation/regulation of electronic cigarettes including use, marketing and all other aspects.
Funding for programs to be operated by the Canadian Cancer Society to advance cancer control.
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.
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.
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
Safe Long-Term Care Act.
Excise Act, 2001 and regulations, as it relates to contraband and the taxation of tobacco and vaping products.
Patent Act, as it relates to the use of patents for international humanitarian purposes to address public health problems.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research as it relates to continued federal funding & long term investment in health research.
Measures and funding for the charitable sector generally.
Data as it relates to all health and cancer data policy, planning and outcomes.
Trade agreements as they relate to tobacco control.
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to alcohol warning labels
First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and regulations, as it relates to the taxation of tobacco products.
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.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Sarah Jackson · Director, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Kendal Weber · Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)
- Jeannine Ritchot · Assistant Deputy Minister, Multilateral Relations, Health Canada (HC)
Legislation/regulation of electronic cigarettes including use, marketing and all other aspects. Read more
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.
Trade agreements as they relate to tobacco control.
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.
First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and regulations, as it relates to the taxation of tobacco products.
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Leah Gazan · Member of Parliament
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. Read more
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.
Trade agreements as they relate to tobacco control.
Patent Act, as it relates to the use of patents for international humanitarian purposes to address public health problems.
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and regulations, as it relates to the taxation of tobacco products.
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.
Excise Act, 2001 and regulations, as it relates to contraband and the taxation of tobacco and vaping products.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Lori Idlout · Member of Parliament
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. Read more
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
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.
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.
Trade agreements as they relate to tobacco control.
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.
Excise Act, 2001 and regulations, as it relates to contraband and the taxation of tobacco and vaping products.
First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and regulations, as it relates to the taxation of tobacco products.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Dan Albas · Member of Parliament
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. Read more
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.
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.
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
Trade agreements as they relate to tobacco control.
Excise Act, 2001 and regulations, as it relates to contraband and the taxation of tobacco and vaping products.
First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and regulations, as it relates to the taxation of tobacco products.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Finn Long · Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
Non-Smokers' Health Act, including implementation and enforcement. Read more
Health Human Resources and Coalition for Action for health care workers.
Legislation/regulation of electronic cigarettes including use, marketing and all other aspects.
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.
Patent Act, as it relates to the use of patents for international humanitarian purposes to address public health problems.
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.
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
Trade agreements as they relate to tobacco control.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Peter Schiefke · Member of Parliament
Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term, home and palliative care. Read more
Trade agreements as they relate to tobacco control.
Aging at Home Benefit.
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.
Equitable and timely access to cancer screening.
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.
Employment Insurance special benefit programs, asking the federal government to improve these benefits by expanding eligibility.
Controlled Products Regulations, as it relates to implementing the Globally Harmonized System in Canada.
Funding for programs to be operated by the Canadian Cancer Society to advance cancer control.
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to nicotine replacement 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.
Health Human Resources and Coalition for Action for health care workers.
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
Legislation/regulation of electronic cigarettes including use, marketing and all other aspects.
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.
Non-Smokers' Health Act, including implementation and enforcement.
Measures and funding for the charitable sector generally.
Patent Act, as it relates to the use of patents for international humanitarian purposes to address public health problems.
Safe Long-Term Care Act.
Data as it relates to all health and cancer data policy, planning and outcomes.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Elizabeth May · Member of Parliament
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to nicotine replacement products Read more
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.
Trade agreements as they relate to tobacco control.
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.
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.
Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term, home and palliative care.
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.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Fara Shah · Director of Policy, Health Canada (HC)
- Jeremy Proulx · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, Health Canada (HC)
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. Read more
Legislation/regulation of electronic cigarettes including use, marketing and all other aspects.
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.
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to nicotine replacement products
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
Trade agreements as they relate to tobacco control.
First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and regulations, as it relates to the taxation of tobacco products.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Fara Shah · Director of Policy, Health Canada (HC)
- Julia Duncan · Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
- Jeremy Proulx · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, Health Canada (HC)
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to nicotine replacement products Read more
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.
Data as it relates to all health and cancer data policy, planning and outcomes.
Non-Smokers' Health Act, including implementation and enforcement.
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
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.
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to alcohol warning labels
Trade agreements as they relate to tobacco control.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Kendal Weber · Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)
Funding for programs to be operated by the Canadian Cancer Society to advance cancer control. Read more
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.
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to alcohol warning labels
Non-Smokers' Health Act, including implementation and enforcement.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Michael Cooper · Member of Parliament
Aging at Home Benefit. Read more
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.
Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term, home and palliative care.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Kamal Khera · Minister of Seniors, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Linsey Hollett · Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)
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. Read more
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to nicotine replacement products
Measures and funding for the charitable sector generally.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Ya'ara Saks · Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, Health Canada (HC)
Controlled Products Regulations, as it relates to implementing the Globally Harmonized System in Canada. Read more
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.
Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term, home and palliative care.
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to nicotine replacement 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.
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.
Employment Insurance special benefit programs, asking the federal government to improve these benefits by expanding eligibility.
Funding for programs to be operated by the Canadian Cancer Society to advance cancer control.
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.
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.
Health Human Resources and Coalition for Action for health care workers.
Trade agreements as they relate to tobacco control.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Mark Holland · Minister of Health, Health Canada (HC)
- Fatima Asghar · Policy Analyst, Health Canada (HC)
Controlled Products Regulations, as it relates to implementing the Globally Harmonized System in Canada. Read more
Employment Insurance special benefit programs, asking the federal government to improve these benefits by expanding eligibility.
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.
Equitable and timely access to cancer screening.
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to nicotine replacement products
Patent Act, as it relates to the use of patents for international humanitarian purposes to address public health problems.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Finn Long · Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect. Read more
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Steven MacKinnon · Member of Parliament
- Pierre Laliberte · Commissioner for Workers, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Employment Insurance special benefit programs, asking the federal government to improve these benefits by expanding eligibility.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Eshan Naik · Director of Policy, Health Canada (HC)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research as it relates to continued federal funding & long term investment in health research. Read more
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.
Data as it relates to all health and cancer data policy, planning and outcomes.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Dan Albas · Member of Parliament
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. Read more
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Jill Pilgrim · Director of Policy, Health Care Systems and Legal Affairs, Health Canada (HC)
Health Human Resources and Coalition for Action for health care workers.
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Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
- Peter Schiefke · Member of Parliament
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. Read more
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.