PolitiKit

We are seeking relief from HST in the form of enhanced rebates/indexing.

Seeking government funding to allow for future capital projects, infrastructure, ongoing operations and service delivery. Funding source to be determined.

Advocating for institutional infrastructure investments from various federal programs.

Canada Health Transfer - health system funding transfer and agreements intended for provinces/territories to support the delivery of healthcare services, including cancer care services and palliative care.

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

Access to palliative care, as it relates to programs offered through Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the Department of National Defence, and Employment and Social Development Canada.

Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED)'s Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy, pertaining to growth and development of the life sciences industry in Canada.

The pan Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) with respect to public formulary listing of new medicines, insofar as the federal government is a participating jurisdiction and holds a seat on the Board of Directors.

Improving conditions for credential recognition and consistency for diagnostic medical sonographers in Canada.

Promoting the important contributions of diagnostic medical sonographers to preventive medicine in Canada.

Advancing a National Children's Strategy to advance child and youth health and well-being outcomes.

Advancing measures to meaningfully improve child and youth health and well-being outcomes through initatives to "right-size" children's healthcare.

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.

Fund CFPC efforts to streamline foreign credential recognition of internationally educated family physicians to bolster the health workforce.

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.

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

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.

Access to medication - expanding the range of medications covered by various insurance plans, and the number of Canadians able to access and afford medication. This includes a national pharmaceutical strategy.

National Caregiving Strategy

Canada Labour Code, as it relates to employment insurance and job-protected leave.

Controlled Products Regulations, as it relates to implementing the Globally Harmonized System in Canada.

Canada Health Transfer - health system funding transfer and agreements intended for provinces/territories to support the delivery of healthcare services, including cancer care services and palliative care.

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

Aging at Home Benefit.

Employment Insurance special benefit programs, asking the federal government to improve these benefits by expanding eligibility.

Equitable and timely access to cancer screening.

Health Human Resources and Coalition for Action for health care workers.

Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to nicotine replacement products

UN Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases, as it pertains to cancer control, including the development of a Global Coordination Mechanism; increased federal investments in prevention initiatives; and policy changes as it relates to tobacco control, healthy living, and access to screening and treatment, as identified in the Declaration.

Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.

Legislation/regulation of electronic cigarettes including use, marketing and all other aspects.

Funding for programs to be operated by the Canadian Cancer Society to advance cancer control.

Access to palliative care, as it relates to programs offered through Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the Department of National Defence, and Employment and Social Development Canada.

Health Canada's tobacco control program and policies related to tobacco and vaping products, including sustaining government funding levels, and implementation of effective programs and policies.

Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.

Safe Long-Term Care Act.

Excise Act, 2001 and regulations, as it relates to contraband and the taxation of tobacco and vaping products.

Patent Act, as it relates to the use of patents for international humanitarian purposes to address public health problems.

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

Measures and funding for the charitable sector generally.

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

Trade agreements as they relate to tobacco control.

Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to alcohol warning labels

First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and regulations, as it relates to the taxation of tobacco products.

Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to restricting the advertising to children of foods high in sodium, sugars and saturated fat.

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, as it relates to continued federal funding & long term investment in health research through Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

CANADA STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS: Expansion of the current list of eligible professionals for student loan forgiveness to help bring more dental hygienists to work in under-served rural and remote communities that lack the primary health care they need.

ACCES TO ORAL HEALTH CARE: Improved access to preventive oral health care services for millions of vulnerable people across Canada (emphasis on children, seniors aging in communities and in long-term care, people with disabilities, rural and remote communities, Indigenous communities, low-income households).

DENTAL CARE FOR CANADIANS: Recommendations to support the delivery of the Canada Dental Benefit, Canada Dental Care Plan (Budget 2023), Oral Health Access Fund (Budget 2023), and Investments in Better Dental Care Data (Statistics Canada).

CANADA’S HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE: Addressing Canada’s health workforce crisis, including but not limited to incentives and supports to increase recruitment and retention within the health workforce generally, and to address the rural and remote health workforce specifically.

Policies or programs related to access to care and potential treatments for the ALS Community.