PolitiKit

To raise awareness of Pano AI’s wildfire detection technology and explore government partnerships and procurement opportunities related to wildfire prevention, detection, and response.

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.

Promoting the recognition and adoption of modern digital payments infrastructure as a foundation for Canada’s economic resilience and innovation

TSA efforts on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking (MSHT) to inform legislation and regulations in Canada as well as funding applications for their many shelters across Canada.

Communication with CBSA regarding ongoing support and the relationship with our Correctional Services that provide programs, and shelter for inmates leaving incarceration and transitioning into community through our halfway houses, programs and services

Speaking to government staff regarding housing policies and the need to include Safe Houses, and emergency shelter in future housing policies.

Advocating for financial support for individuals and families facing poverty, homeless and food insecurity.

Communicating with the Government of Canada in respect of gaps and opportunities in mental health and psychosocial support services in emergency response.

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

Chicken Farmers of Canada’s Raised by a Canadian Farmer Animal Care Program.

Tariff classifications, Tariff enforcement, Duties Deferral and Drawback Programs.

Promoting a competitive forest industry, including sound forestry policy and strategic partnerships and programs.

Enhance opportunities to support development and innovation relative to the bioeconomy and low carbon technologies, including Carbon capture, utilisation and storage.

Policy and program recommendations related to increased utilization of forest biomass, including opportunities to collect biomass from harvesting and rehab sites.

Engage with federal government to support biomass and pellet sector development to fight climate change and more broadly movement towards a low carbon economy.

Engage with federal government to support biomass and pellet sector development to fight climate change and more broadly movement towards a low carbon economy.

Enhance opportunities to support development and innovation relative to the bioeconomy and low carbon technologies, including Carbon capture, utilisation and storage.

Discussions regarding market access for biomass products, including impacts of present and future trade agreements