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Lobbying by The College of Family Physicians of Canada: 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

The College of Family Physicians of Canada

Meetings this Parliament
49
With MPs
30
Since Nov 2021
105
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Oct 6, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Oct 7, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Mike Allan, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Artem Safarov · Director, Health Policy and Government Relations
  • Arun Shrichand · Manager, Health Policy and Government Relations
  • Cynthia Black · Health Policy Analyst
  • Eric Mang · Executive Director, Member and External Relations Former public office holder

    Formerly Second lieutenant- Cadet instructors cadre- Air force, Cadet Instructors Cadre- Air Force, Department of National Defence (1995–1998)

  • Heather Mullen · Health Policy Analyst
  • Natalie Gdyczynski · Health Policy Analyst

Institutions they may lobby: Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), National Defence (DND), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Senate of Canada

What they're lobbying on (11)
  • CFPC efforts to streamline foreign credential recognition of internationally educated family physicians to bolster the health workforce.
  • Funds should be directed to supporting family medicine, as part of the Federal government's Health Infrastructure Fund announced in Budget 2025.
  • Funding AI Scribes subscriptions for Family Doctors and establishing clear national standards for privacy, safety and responsible use.
  • Efforts to reducing administrative burden for family physicians by addressing federal health forms.
  • Connected Care for Canadians Act (BILL S-5) : Urging federal policy makers to adopt this legislation quickly and to ensure that it is supported by a robust set of regulations.
  • Provide CFPC's perspective on Federal Budget 2025's initiative to “Improving Access to Health Care in the Arctic and the North”.
  • Fulfill key investments to support family doctors, promised by the Liberal Party during the 2025 Federal elections. This includes initiatives to provide admin burden relief, set up a new FP practice fund, and create new residency seats.
  • Indigenous Health: support for health care initiatives and education that improve health outcomes for Indigenous people of Canada and address the adverse effects of systemic racism, in line with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s calls for action.
  • Support family doctors with teams, as that is a key enabler to providing high quality primary care
  • Invest in family medicine by adding new family doctors and directing funding to expand training, have fair compensation, and other recruitment/retention measures.
  • Universal Pharmacare - We advocate for universal national single payer program for prescription medication that would improve coverage across Canada and result in logistical efficiencies for the system.

Registration 958146-5147-55. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Mike Allan (63), Lawrence Loh (15), Francine Lemire (15), Nancy Fowler (12).

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.