12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

• Subject matter details in previous versions

  Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

  Subject matters	Details	Categories
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	$50 million over 4 years to establish a dedicated national coordinating body to address critical health workforce gaps and improve health system planning and workforce mobility through better data infrastructure	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Amend Subsection 14 (2) of the Food and Drugs Act and Section C.01.048 (1) to add NPs and RNs to the list of physicians, dentists, veterinary surgeons and pharmacists permitted to dispense drug samples	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Amendments to Bill C-7, an Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying). ensuring that new measures are clear, well defined and protect nurses who provide or assist in MAID procedures. Ensure regulations and guidance remain clear, specifically around consent and when death is not foreseeable.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Bill C-3, an Act to amend the labour code and criminal code, with respect to protecting health-care workers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Continue to act on Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, including recommendation for new Indigenous healing centres, enhancing the education of health-care workers in culturally appropriate care, and increasing the diversity of the health workforce in Canada.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Create a health-care innovation agency of Canada	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Create and fund a harm reduction- based cannabis awareness campaign, including restrictions, education and resources for children, youth, pregnant mothers and those most vulnerable.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Development of pan-Canadian standards for equal access, consistent quality, and necessary staffing, training and protocols for the long-term care sector, including home, community, and institutional settings, with increased funding and proper accountability measures and outcomes.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Enhancing access to sustainable health human resources (HHR) to better serve rural, remote and Indigenous communities across Canada. As well as greater HHR coordination across Canada and inter professional collaboration. This also includes increasing virtual care modalities and broadband internet minimum speeds.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Funding to support newly graduated nurses moving into professional practice for the first time	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Funding to support nursing certification across Canada to strengthen the safe delivery of expert care to older adults.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Improve access to primary care, home care, and palliative and end-of-life care for all people in Canada.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Improve community- and home-based health promotion	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Improving care in long-term care facilities through enhanced access to and provision of care from regulated nurses.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Incorporate Primary Health Care (PHP) principles within a Health in All Policies approach	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Increase support to Canadians who provide care for aging relatives and friends.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Increasing federal health transfers to the provinces and territories via a demographic top-up to meet the needs of Canada's aging population.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Influencing the Canada Health Transfer and Health Bilateral Agreements between the federal government and provinces and territories to urge governments to increase healthcare investments and invest in priority areas such as the health workforce, primary care, long-term care, mental health, data and virtual care, and surgeries and backlogs.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Invest in strategies to prevent and mitigate the health effects of climate change	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Nursing-entry to practice	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Pandemic Planning and COVID-19: ensure all nurses are properly supported and protecting by ensuring appropriate stockpiling of PPE, support for mental health while on the front lines, support for nursing students, increased access to education and training when return to work or working in various care setting while responding to a pandemic, ensuring appropriate guidelines and resources are disseminated and developed and ensure senior nurses are part of discussions and advisory review boards during pandemics in planning phases as well as post pandemic in the review.	Policies or Program, Regulation
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Programs to support seniors and healthy aging	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Protection of public from the ongoing and growing threat of antimicrobial resistance	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Provide funding for a comprehensive, universal, public, affordable prescription medication coverage that ensures access in all health-care settings based on need and not the ability to pay	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Reinstate the position of a Chief Nursing Officer at the federal level, and support for CNO's in all provinces and territories.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Requesting the federal government to create a one-time fund of $1.2 billion over four years via the Primary Care Transition Fund II to expand the establishment of primary care teams in each province and territory, with a special focus in remote and underserved communities.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Review the Income Tax Act, List of Authorized Medical Practitioners to ensure all categories of nurses are easily identified.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Seek funding for nursing research	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Seeking funding for the Nursing the Future initiative	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Strategies to address the health human resources crisis and nursing shortages across Canada, including providing funding to provinces and territories to help optimize workloads; financial supports for nurses and health-care workers such as loan forgiveness, tax incentives, retention bonuses for senior nurses; creating a mental health action plan for health-care workers; increasing training and education for health-care workers.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Strengthening and creating programs to support illness prevention and health promotion, long term care, palliative care, home and community care, affordable housing and other social determinants of health	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Strengthening of programs and supports for vulnerable populations, including child health, senior's health and domestic maternal, newborn and child health strategy development.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Support for regulated nurses working at full scope of practice	Policies or Program, Regulation
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	That the federal government lead efforts to educate health-care workers on the importance of medication safety and deprescribing	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	That the minister of health create a public awareness campaign to bring attention to the scourge of counterfeit prescription drugs	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	That the minister of health introduce legislation to modernize the Food and Drugs Act to remove barriers that prevent NPs and RNs from dispensing drug samples	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Urging the federal government to lead the development of and work with the provinces and territories to implement a pan-Canadian digital health strategy.	Policies or Program

  Subject matters in previous versions

  • Aboriginal Affairs
  • Budget
  • Climate
  • Consumer Issues
  • Education
  • Employment and Training
  • Environment
  • Federal-Provincial Relations
  • Health
  • Housing
  • Immigration
  • Industry
  • Infrastructure
  • Internal Trade
  • International Relations
  • International Trade
  • Justice and Law Enforcement
  • Labour
  • Pensions
  • Research and Development
  • Science and Technology
  • Sports
  • Taxation and Finance
  • Telecommunications
  • Transportation

Government Institutions

• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
• Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)
• Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)
• Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)
• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
• Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
• Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
• Justice Canada (JC)
• National Defence (DND)
• Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG)
• Office of the Secretary to the Governor General (OSGG)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Public Safety Canada (PS)
• Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
• Senate of Canada
• Statistics Canada (StatCan)
• Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
• Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

Communication techniques

Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:

• Grass-roots communication
• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Arrange one or more meetings

• Misty Fortier, Director, Credentialing Centre and Nursing Policy | No public offices held
• Valerie Grdisa, Chief Executive Officer | No public offices held
• Kimberly LeBlanc, President | No public offices held
• Sahar Momin, Lead, Policy | No public offices held
• Josée Morin, Lead, Stellar Certification | No public offices held
• Tracie Risling, President-elect | No public offices held
• Alexandre Ruel-Bourassa, Lead, Public Affairs | No public offices held

• Lobbyists in previous versions

  • Sylvain Brousseau, President | No public offices held
  • Tim Guest, Chief Executive Officer | No public offices held
  • Kimberly LeBlanc, President-Elect | No public offices held
  • Tracie Risling, Vice-President | No public offices held