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Lobbying by Canadian Pharmacists Association: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.

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Organization

Canadian Pharmacists Association

Meetings this Parliament
8
With MPs
4
Since Nov 2021
76
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 8, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since May 14, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Glen Doucet, Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Ashley McVey · Vice President, Public Affairs
  • Christine Dalgleish · Manager, Pharmacy Engagement
  • Glen Doucet · Chief Executive Officer
  • Kelsey Skromeda · Director, Integration Program
  • Madeline Hieneman · Manager, Policy and Stakeholder Engagement
  • Sadaf Faisal · Chief Pharmacist Officer & VP, Professional Affairs

Institutions they may lobby: Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Competition Bureau Canada (COBU), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Justice Canada (JC), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

What they're lobbying on (19)
  • Legislating Pharmacy Benefit Manager and Insurer practices in Canada
  • US Tariffs on medication and other pharmacy products
  • The implementation of pharmacare in Canada, with respect to the practice of pharmacy and the role of pharmacists in pharmacare
  • The Cannabis Act, with respect to the medical cannabis regime and the role of pharmacists in dispensing and managing medical cannabis.
  • Rural and remote student loan forgiveness expansion
  • Regulation and complaint to the competition bureau regarding pharmacy benefit managers
  • Proposed changes to the public service health care plan
  • Federal investments to improve support for the pharmacy workforce
  • Prescription drug cost containment strategies with respect to implications for the practice of pharmacy
  • E-health specifically as it relates to the implementation of e-prescribing in Canada, including funding for Canada Infoway
  • Prioritizing immigration of health care workers
  • Health transfers: increased funding to Provinces and Territories for community health providers
  • Working with Health Canada to implement measures to respond to national drug shortages, and responding to US proposals on importation
  • Post-market surveillance of pharmaceutical products with respect to implications for the practice of pharmacy
  • Foreign Credential recognition Program, Health Canada Health Human Resources (HHR) Strategy - working with the department to understand the entry of foreign-trained pharmacists to Canada
  • First Nations and Inuit Health - Non-Insured Health Benefits program (NIHB) with respect to implications for the practice of pharmacy
  • Emergency Preparedness/Pandemic Planning with respect to implications for the practice of pharmacy
  • Funding for a Health Human Resources Strategy and mental health resources for health providers
  • CONTROLLED DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES ACT: Amending the CDSA to add pharmacists as practitioners (Opioids)

Registration 935843-2-72. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Julia Sullivan · Manager, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Sylvain Brazeau · Manager, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Luka Kovacec · Director, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Federal investments to improve support for the pharmacy workforce Read more

    Prioritizing immigration of health care workers

    Foreign Credential recognition Program, Health Canada Health Human Resources (HHR) Strategy - working with the department to understand the entry of foreign-trained pharmacists to Canada

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    Working with Health Canada to implement measures to respond to national drug shortages, and responding to US proposals on importation Read more

    Federal investments to improve support for the pharmacy workforce

    E-health specifically as it relates to the implementation of e-prescribing in Canada, including funding for Canada Infoway

    Prioritizing immigration of health care workers

    Foreign Credential recognition Program, Health Canada Health Human Resources (HHR) Strategy - working with the department to understand the entry of foreign-trained pharmacists to Canada

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Roy Karam · Advisor, Economic and Health System Policy, Health Canada (HC)
    E-health specifically as it relates to the implementation of e-prescribing in Canada, including funding for Canada Infoway Read more

    Federal investments to improve support for the pharmacy workforce

    Working with Health Canada to implement measures to respond to national drug shortages, and responding to US proposals on importation

    Foreign Credential recognition Program, Health Canada Health Human Resources (HHR) Strategy - working with the department to understand the entry of foreign-trained pharmacists to Canada

    Prioritizing immigration of health care workers

    The implementation of pharmacare in Canada, with respect to the practice of pharmacy and the role of pharmacists in pharmacare

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Michelle Boudreau · Co-Chair, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Sector Task Force, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Martin LeBlanc · Co-Chair, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Sector Task Force, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Prescription drug cost containment strategies with respect to implications for the practice of pharmacy Read more

    Rural and remote student loan forgiveness expansion

    Working with Health Canada to implement measures to respond to national drug shortages, and responding to US proposals on importation

    Post-market surveillance of pharmaceutical products with respect to implications for the practice of pharmacy

    US Tariffs on medication and other pharmacy products

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Shalene Curtis-Micallef · Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)
    Federal investments to improve support for the pharmacy workforce Read more

    E-health specifically as it relates to the implementation of e-prescribing in Canada, including funding for Canada Infoway

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    Legislating Pharmacy Benefit Manager and Insurer practices in Canada Read more

    Regulation and complaint to the competition bureau regarding pharmacy benefit managers

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    Rural and remote student loan forgiveness expansion Read more

    Federal investments to improve support for the pharmacy workforce

    Working with Health Canada to implement measures to respond to national drug shortages, and responding to US proposals on importation

    Legislating Pharmacy Benefit Manager and Insurer practices in Canada

    CONTROLLED DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES ACT: Amending the CDSA to add pharmacists as practitioners (Opioids)

    Regulation and complaint to the competition bureau regarding pharmacy benefit managers

    US Tariffs on medication and other pharmacy products

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    Working with Health Canada to implement measures to respond to national drug shortages, and responding to US proposals on importation Read more

    Regulation and complaint to the competition bureau regarding pharmacy benefit managers

    Federal investments to improve support for the pharmacy workforce

    Legislating Pharmacy Benefit Manager and Insurer practices in Canada

    US Tariffs on medication and other pharmacy products

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Eshan Naik · Director of Policy, Health Canada (HC)
    US Tariffs on medication and other pharmacy products

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Nicholas Lovrics · Senior Advisor for Parliamentary Affairs & Issues Management, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Jeremy Bruce · Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    Working with Health Canada to implement measures to respond to national drug shortages, and responding to US proposals on importation Read more

    US Tariffs on medication and other pharmacy products

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Larry Brock · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    CONTROLLED DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES ACT: Amending the CDSA to add pharmacists as practitioners (Opioids)

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    CONTROLLED DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES ACT: Amending the CDSA to add pharmacists as practitioners (Opioids)

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Mark Holland · Minister of Health, Health Canada (HC)
    • Jade Mallette · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, Health Canada (HC)

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Jill Pilgrim · Deputy Director of Policy & Legal Affairs, Health Canada (HC)

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Farangies Shah · Minister Exempt Staff, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Julia Duncan · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Mike Morrice · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Judith Seidman · Senator, Senate of Canada

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Kim Pate · Senator, Senate of Canada

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Stephen Ellis · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Jade Mallette · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, Health Canada (HC)

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Jill Pilgrim · Deputy Director of Policy & Legal Affairs, Health Canada (HC)

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Jill Pilgrim · Deputy Director of Policy & Legal Affairs, Health Canada (HC)

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Glen Doucet · In-house (organization)

    • Stephen Ellis · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Health

    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.