Meetings with Dan Mazier reported by registered lobbyists. Lobbyists must report every oral, arranged meeting with an MP, minister or other designated public office holder.
International development. The discussion centered on defending the value of international assistance, pushing back on the suggestion that Canada cannot afford foreign aid at present, that Canadian resources should be directed more toward addressing food insecurity and community needs within Canada, and that Canadian Foodgrains Bank member organizations expand their domestic poverty alleviation efforts. Arguments about the moral, strategic, and long-term benefits of international assistance were made but appeared to have limited impact. The meeting also engaged on issues of accountability, questioning how aid misuse is prevented and whether organizations can guarantee assistance reaches intended recipients. We outlined our rigorous partner oversight, audits, project monitoring, and transparency measures, while acknowledging the realities of operating in some of the world’s most challenging contexts.Read more
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.Read more
HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCES: discussions on addressing health human resources challenges within dentistry, including challenges in remote areas, the Canada student loan forgiveness, Canada Student Grant, PGWP for dental assistants, internationally trained dentists, administrative staffing.Read more
Michael Kreshewski · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, House of Commons
Proposed government broadband programs and policies, including evolution of national broadband speed targets, and infrastructure programs to improve network resiliency.Read more
Canada Health Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-6) with respect to the Canada Health Care Policy to protect, promote and restore the physical and mental well-being of residents of Canada and to facilitate reasonable access to health services without financial or other barriers, as it pertains to HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually-transmitted and blood-borne infections.Read more
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act, as it relates to regulations, implementation and enforcementRead more
Financial supports for caregivers, including the Canada Caregiver Credit
Taxation, revenue measures, controlled products regulations, including implementation, for alcohol, tobacco control, products containing carcinogens and products associated with cancer.
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to nciotine replacement products
Implementation of the Framework on Palliative Care in Canada and integration of a palliative approach to care in our health system, including national standards and data, care provider training, research, and implementation of the National Grief Action Plan and distinctions?based frameworks for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people
Approvals process for the launch of clinical trials in Canada including regulation, funding, the creation of intellectual property and commercialization in Canada for the purpose of pharmaceutical sovereignty, economic development and scientific innovation.
Measures and funding related to the charitable sector generally
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.Read more
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.
Funds should be directed to supporting family practices, as part of the Federal government's Health Infrastructure Fund announced in Budget 2025.
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.Read more
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.
Funds should be directed to supporting family practices, as part of the Federal government's Health Infrastructure Fund announced in Budget 2025.
Budget 2025 - Canada Strong as as it relates to dementia and caregiving as national challenges that require coordinated action across governments and communities. Support for health data, AI, and innovation investments. Continued support for the National Dementia Strategy with targeted investments to reduce impact and costs associated with dementia care.Read more
Health Canada as it pertains to the approval of disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias that aim to slow or halt the progression of the disease.
To introduce CAS leadership to federal government and to discuss potential solutions to address Canada's health human resources capacity issues and growing surgical backlogs.Read more
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 and the Interim Federal Health Program.Read more
Ethan Bubba · Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons
Top up and broaden the eligibility for the Youth Mental Health Fund, with a focus on prevention, early assessment and rapid intervention in the early years;Read more
Include Children’s Priorities in Nation-Building Investments :
Asking for capital investments in the children’s healthcare system, including support for research, workforce planning, and the implementation of learning health systems.
Advancing a National Children's Strategy to advance child and youth health and well-being outcomes.
Protect and expand capacity to deliver on Jordan’s Principle and the Inuit Child First Initiative (a federal responsibility);
Free trade agreements as they relate to the biopharmaceutical industryRead more
Policy measures to ensure security of drug supply in Canada and preserve Canada's attractiveness for biopharmaceutical launches, including in response to foreign pricing regulations
Policies and frameworks to accelerate access to innovative medicines post-Health Canada approval, including efforts to reduce time-to-reimbursement and streamline federal/provincial listing processes.Read more
Free trade agreements as they relate to the biopharmaceutical industry.
Tobacco taxation in respect of the Excise Act and manufactured tobacco taxes.Read more
Nicotine pouch regulation in respect of legislative or regulatory proposals, bills, or resolutions under or related to the Food and Drugs Act/Natural Health Products Regulations.
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.Read more
CFIB continues to monitor the effects of the Consumer Product Safety Act on small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and other issues raised related to the mandate of Health Canada. We also continue to monitor customer service interactions between our members and Health Canada. Any issues are raised with officials.
Lobbying to reduce Red Tape by focusing on removing interprovincial trade barriers, facilitating labour mobility and improving government customer service. This includes providing input for the consultations on the Annual Regulatory Modernization Bill.
Canada is experiencing an “entrepreneurial drought”: a sustained period where business closures consistently outpace new business starts, leading to a shrinking entrepreneurial base and declining confidence in entrepreneurship. CFIB recommends that reversing this trend should be treated as a national economic priority.
Advocate for content and implementation of An Act to establish a national strategy on eye care. Meet with relevant Health Canada civil servants and political staff, and members of parliament as required.Read more
Advocate for federal funding for a new optometry school
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.
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