PolitiKit

Government initiatives supporting economic development and growth across Canada.

Raise the profile of Pelorus VC companies and share programming and policy concerns, policy needs and ideas with officials; particular focus points include the venture capital strategy, the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI) and incentive programs and policies to encourage investment.

Share information about the success of the Pelorus VC fund and work in Newfoundland and Labrador with federal officials.

Advance discussions on policies and programs that advance prosperity and innovation in Atlantic Canada and beyond including procurement, productivity, healthtech, artifical intelligence, clean tech, skills, immigration and other topics of relevance to members.

The Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI) is engaging with government officials to discuss the alignment between CCI’s priorities and the federal government’s efforts to foster innovation in Canada. These discussions focus on ensuring that government programs and policies effectively support high-growth Canadian technology firms and strengthen the country’s innovation ecosystem.

Discuss Atlantic Canadian global trade opportunities relevant to CCI members and emerging regional opportunities (particularly in defence and aerospace) with officials.

Defence & Security: advocate for a domestic-focused cybersecurity ecosystem that has Canadian companies at the centre of a national cybersecurity defence policy.

Share perspectives on the upcoming artificial intelligence strategy (AI) and related AI legislative perspectives.

Raise the profile of Pelorus VC companies and share programming and policy concerns, policy needs and ideas with officials; particular focus points include the venture capital strategy, the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI) and incentive programs and policies to encourage investment.

Lead discussions and meetings on policies and programs linked to the development of capital for venture-backed companies in Canada.

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

Discuss and find solutions to labour market shortages, for summer camps, as they relate to immigration and work permits, with officials.

Arrange meetings related to labour shortages relevant to Easter Seals national summer camp programming Canada wide, work permits and relevant potential solutions from a labour and immigration perspective.

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

Communicate the priorities of members and provincial interests at the federal level Canada wide with respect to the 2026 budget and beyond.

Lead discussions on infrastructure for camp and accessible buildings Canada wide.

Coordinate discussions on economic policy related to impacts on persons with disabilities

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

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 transportation policy and initiatives related to persons with disabilities in Canada.

Communicate the priorities of members and provincial interests at the federal level Canada wide with respect to the 2026 budget and beyond.

Lead discussions on infrastructure for camp and accessible buildings Canada wide.

Coordinate and lead discussions related to funding for Easter Seals Canada in annual federal budgets.

Official Languages Act - ensuring the Government of Canada’s commitment to opportunities to learn a second official language

Action Plan for Official Languages - Informing on French Second Language issues/concerns and advocating for policies and programs.

Official Languages Support Programs - Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Second Language Learning Component - promoting and ensuring equitable access to quality French Second Language programs (French Immersion, Core French, Extended French, etc.).

Amendments to the Food and Drugs Act – Ensure sensible rules for natural health products. Address prohibition on sampling of natural health products directly to the consumer. Implication of Health Canada’s proposed Consumer Health Products Framework. Consideration of the 53 recommendations made in 1998 by the Standing Committee on Health.

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

Private Career Colleges are not eligible to have students apply for Post Graduate Worker Permits. The NACC would like to see this changed as it believes their students are being disadvantaged and discriminated against. To do this there must be a directive from the ministerial level that will allow for post graduate students to make application for the worker permits.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research as it relates to continued federal funding & long term investment in health research/ clinical trials.

Data as it relates to all health and cancer data policy, planning and outcomes.

DIGITAL HEALTH: Increased investment in providing digital, virtual and telehealth services.

INTEGRATED HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCES Advocate for an Integrated Health Human Resources Strategy, including creating retention incentives and addressing administrative burden for health care professionals, increasing the number of doctors and nurses and ensuring that every Canadian has access to a family doctor or primary health team, increasing access to virtual care, creating an action plan to get internationally trained health care professionals to work, improving workforce data collection across health systems and investing in a supply needs-based planning tool, and facilitating team-based health care.

ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN: Advocate for measures to alleviate the administrative burden on physicians and support their professional wellbeing, including investment to facilitate the development of EHRs and EMRs in Canada, improved remuneration for the completion of federal health forms, the development of a Federal Disability Benefit, ensuring that physicians are not captured in the definition of "promoters" in the Disability Tax Credit Promoters Restrictions Regulations, providing clarity and guidance on federal forms, and advocacy on discontinuing the requirement that employees present sick notes to their employers.

MEDICAL MIS/DISINFORMATION: Provide CMA’s perspective on the impacts of medical misinformation and disinformation, including on public trust in science, medicine, and public health experts.

BUDGET: Provide CMA’s perspective on the Government of Canada’s budget, particularly as it relates to modernizing Canada’s health care system by enhancing efficiency, driving innovation, and promoting equitable access to care.

FEDERAL HEALTH FUNDING FOR A NEW PRIMARY CARE ACCESS FUND: Recommendation for a funding commitment to ensure that every Canadian has access to a family doctor or primary care team.

INDIGENOUS HEALTH AND RECONCILIATION WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: Implementation of the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, including addressing the ongoing structural inequities that marginalize Indigenous Peoples, advancing the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in societal systems and sectors, including health systems, and committing to collaborative and respectful relationships with Indigenous patients and communities. The CMA is also advocating to increase trust between Indigenous patients and health care providers, and to eliminate racism, inequitable access to care, and the ongoing harm caused to those within Canada’s health care system.

Broadcasting polices, including policies related to Canadian programming expenditures, digital media, and independently-produced programming.

Canada Income Tax Act relating to Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit program and to Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit Program

Data as it relates to all health and cancer data policy, planning and outcomes.

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

Communicating with the Government of Canada in respect of the amendment of the Humanitarian Workforce Program.

Communicating with the Government of Canada to secure program funding for St. John Ambulance.

The development of onshore transmission in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI, Newfoundland and Quebec to ensure that electricity from offshore wind is able to reach market and that there are appropriate and adequate benefits for Atlantic Canadians

Oil and gas sector greenhouse gas pollution cap impact on the offshore Newfoundland and Labrador oil and gas industry

Competition Act amendments regarding 'greenwashing' Bill C-59

Advocating for local company involvement in energy projects in Newfoundland and Labrador, such as the Bay du Nord offshore oil and gas project and the Churchill River hydroelectricity projects.