PolitiKit

Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.

National Supply Chain Strategy - in respect of supporting the smooth movement of fresh fruit and vegetable products across the Canadian border and throughout the country.

Temporary Foreign Worker Program - In relation to enabling a sufficient workforce to support domestic fruit and vegetable production.

Canada-U.S. trade and Canada's response to U.S. trade action against Canada, including tariffs.

Red Tape Review - Federal department efforts under Treasury Board's Red Tape Review initiative.

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement

Securing bridge funding through Canada's regional development agencies to support CPRA's youth employment program

Pursue dedicated federal funding from Canadian Heritage and Infrastructure Canada to expand CPRA's Canadian Parks, Recreation and Sport Infrastructure Database to help municipalities and local organizations enhance planning efforts, identify opportunities to maximize facility usage, and benchmark provision standards.

DENTAL CARE FUNDING: discussions around the federal budgetary process and program development with regard to funding of dental care, including the Canadian Dental Care Plan.

HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCES: discussions on addressing health human resources challenges within dentistry, including challenges in remote areas, the Canada student loan forgiveness, internationally trained dentists, administrative staffing.

DENTAL CARE FUNDING: discussions around the federal budgetary process and program development with regard to funding of dental care, including the Canadian Dental Care Plan.

HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCES: discussions on addressing health human resources challenges within dentistry, including challenges in remote areas, the Canada student loan forgiveness, internationally trained dentists, administrative staffing.

DENTAL EDUCATION: Increase funding for Canadian Faculties of Dentistry

HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCES: discussions on addressing health human resources challenges within dentistry, including challenges in remote areas, the Canada student loan forgiveness, internationally trained dentists, administrative staffing.

Customs Act/Customs Tariff - with regard to customs duties on tobacco products.

Excise Tax Act - Part IX - with regard to tobacco products (within the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Excise Act, 2001)

The Tobacco Act - Tobacco Products Information Regulations and Tobacco Reporting Regulations

Requesting $500,000 over two years to formally integrate youth mental health leadership and lived experience into federal workforce, health, and education strategies, by funding partnerships with Jack.org to support youth co-design, policy consultation, and evaluation initiatives with departments like Health Canada, ESDC, and PHAC.

Augmentation du financement en appui aux arts et à la culture prévus pendant la mise en oeuvre du Plan d'action sur les langues officielles

Augmentaion du financement de Patrimoine canadien en appui aux compagnies de théâtres de la francophonie canadienne.

Discussing with government on addressing housing affordability and increasing housing supply.

Providing advice and input on new, innovative ways to provide support to the domestic-owned segment of the music industry, including the Canada Music Fund and the Creative Export Canada Fund

Providing advice and input on new, innovative ways to provide support to the domestic-owned segment of the music industry

INCREASE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT: CCA has been working to help shape a long-term plan for sustainable infrastructure investment. We need to move from quick fixes to a strategy that focuses on long-term solutions. More consultation and early engagement need to happen. The funds must be predictable, flow quickly, and be aligned with provincial, municipal, and Indigenous needs. Setting national goals around building sustainability into our infrastructure and promoting investments in trade-enabling infrastructure are just two of the significant opportunities for Canada. An investment in infrastructure is an investment in Canada’s growth economy and the health, safety and well-being of Canadians.

MODERNIZE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: The federal government’s procurement strategy is outdated, leaving little room for creative solutions and fair risk sharing. Contactors shouldering the majority of project risk is becoming an untenable model for many smaller companies who already navigate a long list of red tape and challenges. The reluctance to bid on federal projects because of this heightened risk is becoming a real issue and is impacting progress on public projects. With productivity issues on the rise, now is the time to modernize procurement practices. Innovative procurement and delivery methods can improve productivity, enable cost savings, and shorten the timeline for construction projects. To build the infrastructure needed across the country, federal procurement strategies need to adapt to account for long-term value and sustainability, promote the use of alternative delivery models, and support shared risk.

We plan to hold Hill Days and advocacy days where we meet with federal officials to try to influence policy in favour of the isotope industry. Federal officials will be invited to participate in CNIC meetings to raise awareness for the activities of our members and CNIC, and our policy recommendations.

GST treatment on affordable homeownership housing

National Housing Co-Investment Fund/Affordable Housing Fund

Access to bottleneck facilities and the fostering of sustainable competition under the Telecommunications Act. With respect to telecommunications, this relates especially to wholesale telecommunications services regulation.

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).