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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)

    • Robert Kitchen · Member of Parlilament, House of Commons

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Bryan Rourke · Director of Operations, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Julia Carbone · Director of Policy and Legal Affairs, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Aldrich (Cid) Cabillan · Special Assistant, Issues Manager, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Immigration

    Official report

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

    • Jill Pilgrim · Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
    • Eshan Naik · Director of Policy, House of Commons

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Omar Alghabra · Minister of Transport, Transport Canada (TC)

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Michael Roche · MP Officer, House of Commons

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Emelyana Titarenko · Communications and Issues Manager, Health Canada (HC)

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Mark Holland · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Jean-Sebastien Bock · Director of Policy, Health Canada (HC)
    • Jill Pilgrim · Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Sandenga Yeba · Deputy Director of Policy, Health Canada (HC)
    • Jill Pilgrim · Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Paul Hershaw · Director of Operations, Health Canada (HC)

    Health

    Official report

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

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Jenica Atwin · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Rebecca Parkinson · Deputy Director, Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Lawrence MacAulay · Member of Parliament, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Yash Nanda · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Gudie Hutchings · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Health

    Official report

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

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Sandenga Yeba · Deputy Director of Policy, Health Canada (HC)

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Stephen Lucas · Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Eric Gustavson · Director, Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Sandenga Yeba · Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
    • Jade Mallette · Director of Parliamentary 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)

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Ashique Biswas · Senior Director, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Jean-Sebastien Boch · Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Policy, Health Canada (HC)

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Hilary Peirce · Senior policy advisor, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

    Health

    Official report

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

    • Hilary Peirce · Senior Policy Advisor, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

    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.