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Lobbying by CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS(CAOT): 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 ASSOCIATION OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS(CAOT)

Meetings this Parliament
8
With MPs
7
Since Nov 2021
26
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Oct 8, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Oct 6, 2025

Filed by Irving Gold, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO)

Lobbyists

  • Candice McEwen · Public Affairs Manager Former designated public office holder

    Formerly Policy Advisor, Minister's Office, Global Affairs Canada (2012–2015)

  • Irving Gold · CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO)
  • Monique Lizon · Advocacy and Policy Manager

Institutions they may lobby: Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, National Defence (DND), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Senate of Canada, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

What they're lobbying on (11)
  • Advocating for increasing the capacity of Occupational Therapy Assistants in the North.
  • CAOT is advocating for the inclusion of occupational therapists in the expanded Canada Student Loan Forgiveness Program
  • CAOT is advocating for changes to the Income Tax Act or its regulations to enable occupational therapists to complete the T2201 Disability Tax Credit Certificate.
  • We are advocating for mental health investments, occupational therapy inclusion in primary care, changes to the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Program and Jordan's Principle Program.
  • The inclusion of occupational therapists on all Primary Care Teams in communities across Canada re health system innovation and transformation. Advocating for OTs to be designated mental health providers.
  • Promote the creation of a source of funding for occupational therapy research
  • Inclusion of occupational therapy in extended health benefits in public insurance plans; refugee health; veterans health; Indigenous people's health.
  • Importance of occupational therapy interventions to support the Armed Forces and Veterans.
  • Easier access to Non-Insured Health Benefits Program, and Jordan's Principle funding by streamlining the application and approval process.
  • CAOT provides its perspectives on legislation such as the implementation of Pan Canadian Framework for Palliative Care in Canada Act. Indigenous services, mental health and facilitating seniors to age at home and in their communities.
  • CAOT is advocating for the inclusion of occupational therapists (OTs) on primary care teams in communities across Canada, so that OTs can provide low-cost, high-impact interventions that result in positive health and wellness outcomes for the people of Canada. OTs provide home assessments and modifications that allow seniors for example to stay at home and lead productive lives in their communities.

Registration 959352-637-58. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Helene Sabourin (18), Irving Gold (8).

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.