PolitiKit

Coordinate meetings and events for Easter Seals Month (March) each year and annual National AccessAbility Week events (May-June) each year.

Advance discussions on funding for digitization of Easter Seals programs and services; leading meetings advocating for new funding and new funding models for charities.

Advocate for digital support from Members of Parliament, Senators, staff, and government officials for Easter Seals' annual Red Shirt Day social media campaign.

To discuss Easter Seals camps programming and impact as well as the organization's broad national role in advocacy and federal mandate with Members of the House of Commons and Senate

Arrange meetings with Members of the House of Commons, senior officials, and staff related to the advocacy mandate and work of Easter Seals Canada.

Arranging meetings with Members of the House of Commons, senior officials and staff related to the advocacy mandate and work of Easter Seals Canada.

Arrange meetings related to the the core advocacy pillars of Easter Seals in Canada: housing, transportation, employment and accessibility.

To discuss Easter Seals camps programming and impact as well as the organization's broad national role in advocacy and federal mandate with Members of the House of Commons and Senate

Advocate for digital support from Members of Parliament, Senators, staff and government officials for annual Red Shirt Day social media campaign.

Coordinate meetings and events for Easter Seals Month (March) of each year and annual National Accessibility Week events (May - June) of each year.

National caregiving strategy including necessary policy, program, and budgetary allocations.

Advocate for support for college-led research as a core component of federal research and innovation funding and policy.

Promoting reforms to the Competition Act that will ensure small businesses have an equitable opportunity to compete in today’s economy, especially as small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) have noted an increase in large corporate giants within Canada. Shipping costs pose a significant barrier for small business, as such we continue to advocate for favourable shipping rates with carriers (including the cost of shipping along with better service levels and addressing the work stoppage at Canada Post).

Sharing small businesses' views on Labour Code changes, impact on small businesses and the need to ensure the fluidity of the supply chain.

Sharing data information and recommendations related to the state of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) overall and for specific sectors which could also include provincial data.

International Sanctions and Economic Measures Policy, legislative and regulatory matters relating to Canada's sanctions regimes and the development, amendment and implementation of sanctions regulations, and related diplomatic, economic and trade-related measures addressing serious human rights violations, corruption, or threats to international peace and security, including but not limited to measures under The Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) and the Special Economic Measures Act, including matters relating to the potential designation of foreign nationals, entities or sectors under those frameworks

Policies and administration that supports access to the Canada Disability Benefit and Disability Tax Credit for eligible people with low incomes and that policies, regulation and funding take into account barriers faced by people with disabilities and design for inclusion.

Policies and administration that supports better access to benefits for people with low incomes. Enhancements to to outreach, and improvements to the administration of the tax system to support more people getting the benefits they are entitled to and tax filing. Funding for Community Volunteer Income Tax program. Funding for community-delivered financial help services.

Policies that support closing the gap in appropriate, affordable and trustworthy financial help for people with low incomes.

Policies that support hardship relief for people with low incomes dealing with CERB or CRB repayments, or overpayments of tax benefits.

Canada Pension Plan – Disability with respect to eligibility for persons with MS and other chronic and episodic disabilities

Comprehensive disability income programs, with respect to persons with MS and other chronic and episodic disabilities

Federal Budget: Allocate funding for the Canada Disability Benefit, the Employment Insurance Sickness Benefit; health research; access to treatment and care; and other budgetary policy as it relates to MS.

We ask the federal government to fund MS research in partnership with MS Canada, leveraging our connections and expertise to focus and further our understanding of MS, pursue leading-edge research on repair and regeneration, and explore prevention strategies, including targeting the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).

Home care, with respect to creation with provincial/ territorial governments programs relating to increased home care for persons with MS and other disabilities/ diseases and the support of caregivers

Disability Tax Credit with respect to making it refundable and ensuring eligibility for Canadians with episodic disabilities

Bill C-64, An Act Respecting Pharmacare with respect for persons with MS and other chronic conditions and disabilities

Access to treatments as it relates to the current regulatory and price negotiation processes to enhance timely access to all Health Canada approved MS disease-modifying therapies, with respect to the National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases and national pharmacare.

Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term and home care

Support family doctors with teams, as that is a key enabler to providing high quality primary care

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.

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.

Provide CFPC's perspective on Federal Budget 2025's initiative to “Improving Access to Health Care in the Arctic and the North”.

Support family doctors with teams, as that is a key enabler to providing high quality primary care

Provide CFPC's perspective on Federal Budget 2025's initiative to “Improving Access to Health Care in the Arctic and the North”.

Addressing administrative burden: Administrative burden consistently ranks as a top concern for family physicians. This time comes in the way of providing patient care. One of the significant sources of administrative burden for family physicians is filling out federal health forms.

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.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE - Negotiating bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements and promoting them to Canadian businesses.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories

INTERNATIONAL TRADE – With respect to issues relating to trade controls, including tariffs, import and export controls, sanctions, and trade remedies.

HOUSING - Advocate for policies and legislation that enable the creation of more housing supply, incentivize investment in residential construction and housing – enabling infrastructure, and support the development of skilled labour we need, whether domestically or through immigration, to restore housing affordability to Canadian families.