Registry of Lobbyists
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Last Updated:
2024-07-31
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Aboriginal Affairs,
Budget,
Consumer Issues,
Employment and Training,
Federal-Provincial Relations,
Government Procurement,
Health,
Labour
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Adult physiotherapy services covered under the Non-Insured Health Benefits program. This includes NHIB, orthotics, medical devices, coverage.
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Policies or Program
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Budget,
Consumer Issues,
Employment and Training,
Government Procurement,
Health,
Labour
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Canada's COVID-19 Economic Response Plan - changes to financial supports provided in response to COVID-19 pandemic to ensure physiotherapists are included in supports, regardless of business models in place. Programs of interest include Canada Emergency Response Benefit, Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, Canada Emergency Business Account and Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program.
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Policies or Program
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Budget,
Consumer Issues,
Employment and Training,
Government Procurement,
Health,
Labour
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Canada's response to COVID-19 pandemic: ensure personal protective equipment is available to physiotherapists working in all health care settings.
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Policies or Program
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Budget,
Consumer Issues,
Employment and Training,
Health
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Caseload Guidelines: Joint application for funding from Health Canada for Caseload Guidelines development for Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy. and Speech Language Pathology. Including research regarding physiotherapy specific caseload guidelines.
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Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
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Aboriginal Affairs,
Budget,
Consumer Issues,
Employment and Training,
Federal-Provincial Relations,
Health,
Infrastructure,
Labour
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Enable support and funding for those communities that could potentially benefit most from telerehabilitation and virtual services, including Indigenous, First Nations, Inuit and Metis and rural and remote populations, where infrastructure may presently exclude them from access (no cellular or internet service/access). Discussion on equity of access to physiotherapy services.
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Policies or Program
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Budget,
Employment and Training,
Health,
Labour,
Research and Development
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Health Human Resource Strategy: Explore opportunities to develop health human resource strategy for the profession of physiotherapy. Discussion includes health human resources planning, health human resource crisis, workforce planning, workforce shortages, scope of practice.
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Policies or Program
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Budget,
Employment and Training,
Health,
Labour,
Research and Development
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Improving access to safe and effective pain management, such as physiotherapy as a non-pharmacological care, as an upstream and early intervention and prevention response to the opioid crisis
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Policies or Program
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Budget,
Employment and Training,
Federal-Provincial Relations,
Foreign Affairs,
Health,
International Relations,
Labour
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Internationally Educated Health Professionals: Monitoring issues related to emerging needs of profession and population.
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Policies or Program
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Budget,
Consumer Issues,
Employment and Training,
Federal-Provincial Relations,
Health,
International Relations,
Labour
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Raise awareness about the role of physiotherapy within a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare and educate policymakers on how physiotherapy can help reduce healthcare costs, maximize current spending and funding allocation through physiotherapy skill optimization, support preventative care and contribute to a healthier Canadian population at all stages of life.
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Policies or Program
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Budget,
Employment and Training,
Federal-Provincial Relations,
Health,
Labour
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Scope of Practice: Physiotherapy scope of practice, skill-set optimization, value for physiotherapy, economic impact.
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Policies or Program
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Budget,
Employment and Training,
Federal-Provincial Relations,
Health,
Labour
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Value for physiotherapy in diverse sectors such as primary care. Discussion includes physiotherapy access, expansion of services and scope of practice.
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Policies or Program
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| Subject matters | Details | Categories |
|---|---|---|
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Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted
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Adult physiotherapy services covered under the Non-Insured Health Benefits program
|
Policies or Program
|
|
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted
|
Canada's COVID-19 Economic Response Plan - changes to financial supports provided in response to COVID-19 pandemic to ensure physiotherapists are included in supports, regardless of business models in place. Programs of interest include Canada Emergency Response Benefit, Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, Canada Emergency Business Account and Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program.
|
Policies or Program
|
|
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted
|
Canada's response to COVID-19 pandemic: ensure personal protective equipment is available to physiotherapists working in all health care settings.
|
Policies or Program
|
|
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted
|
Caseload Guidelines: Joint application for funding from Health Canada for Caseload Guidelines development for Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Language Pathology.
|
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
|
|
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted
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Enable support and funding for those communities that could potentially benefit most from telerehabilitation services, including Indigenous, First Nations, Inuit and Metis and rural and remote populations, where infrastructure may presently exclude them from access (no cellular or internet service/access)
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Policies or Program
|
|
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted
|
Health Human Resource Strategy: Explore opportunities to develop health human resource strategy for the profession of physiotherapy.
|
Policies or Program
|
|
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted
|
Improving access to safe and effective pain management, such as physiotherapy, as an upstream response to the opioid crisis
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Policies or Program
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|
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted
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Internationally Educated Health Professionals: Monitoring issues related to emerging needs of profession and population.
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Policies or Program
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Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted
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Raise awareness about the role of physiotherapy within a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare and educate policymakers on how physiotherapy can help reduce healthcare costs, support preventative care and contribute to a healthier Canadian population at all stages of life.
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Policies or Program
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Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted
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Remove the requirement that employees of the federal public service must get a referral from a medical doctor before qualifying for reimbursement for physiotherapy services under the Public Service Health Care Plan.
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Policies or Program
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