Lobbying by Canadian Medical Association: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
Institutions they may lobby: Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), 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
What they're lobbying on (13)Hide details
Advocating to expand pathways for internationally trained physicians.
Providing insights into the impact of technology and artificial intelligence on the health care sector.
Promoting health data interoperability, as critical to healthcare systems, ensuring medical professionals have access to the right information at the right time when providing care and improving patient outcomes.
Educating on the impacts of medical misinformation and disinformation, including on patients’ trust in medicine and medical experts.
Advocating for sustainable health systems in Canada, including reaching net-zero emissions in 2050, and a pan-Canadian approach to addressing the impacts of climate and health.
Seeking government support for pan-Canadian licensure, allowing for physicians with full licenses to practise in any other Canadian jurisdiction without having to acquire more than one license.
Advocating for federal action on an Integrated Health Human Resources Strategy, including recruitment and retention of health care workers.
Seeking government support to alleviate the administrative burden on physicians in Canada.
Advocating for a pan-Canadian plan to improve elder care.
Supporting improvements to the health and health care services to Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
Advocating for increased and sustained federal funding for health care to the provinces and territories, ensuring the sustainability of the health care system.
Seeking government support in protecting health care workers from violence, threats, intimidation and harassment.
Seeking government support and a funding commitment to ensure every Canadian can access a family physician or primary care team.
Seeking government support and a funding commitment to ensure every Canadian can access a family physician or primary care team.Read more
Promoting health data interoperability, as critical to healthcare systems, ensuring medical professionals have access to the right information at the right time when providing care and improving patient outcomes.
Lyle Hewitt · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, House of Commons
Seeking government support for pan-Canadian licensure, allowing for physicians with full licenses to practise in any other Canadian jurisdiction without having to acquire more than one license.Read more
Promoting health data interoperability, as critical to healthcare systems, ensuring medical professionals have access to the right information at the right time when providing care and improving patient outcomes.
Educating on the impacts of medical misinformation and disinformation, including on patients’ trust in medicine and medical experts.
Seeking government support to alleviate the administrative burden on physicians in Canada.
Advocating to expand pathways for internationally trained physicians.Read more
Promoting health data interoperability, as critical to healthcare systems, ensuring medical professionals have access to the right information at the right time when providing care and improving patient outcomes.
Supporting improvements to the health and health care services to Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
Educating on the impacts of medical misinformation and disinformation, including on patients’ trust in medicine and medical experts.Read more
Promoting health data interoperability, as critical to healthcare systems, ensuring medical professionals have access to the right information at the right time when providing care and improving patient outcomes.
Seeking government support and a funding commitment to ensure every Canadian can access a family physician or primary care team.
Ya'ara Saks · Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, House of Commons
Seeking government support and a funding commitment to ensure every Canadian can access a family physician or primary care team.Read more
Advocate for increased and sustained federal funding for health care to the provinces and territories, ensuring the sustainability of the health care system.
Mark Holland · Minister of Health, Health Canada (HC)
Advocate for federal action on the Health Human Resources (HHR) crisis, including recruitment and retention of health care workers.Read more
Seeking government support to alleviate the administrative burden on physicians in Canada.
Seeking government support and a funding commitment to ensure every Canadian can access a family physician or primary care team.
Seeking government support for pan-Canadian licensure, allowing for physicians with full licenses to practise in any other Canadian jurisdiction without having to acquire more than one license.
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.
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