Registry of Lobbyists

Monthly Communication Report

342-632474

Organization: CANADIAN DENTAL HYGIENISTS ASSOCIATION/L'ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DES HYGIENISTES DENTAIRES
Associated registration: 777404-342-28
Communication date: 2025-02-27
Posted date: 2025-03-10

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication: Kevin Murphy, Director of Policy
Ministry of Diversity, Inclusion, and Persons with Disabilities, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

Yvan Baker, Member of Parliament
House of Commons

Greg Orencsak, Deputy Minister of Health
Health Canada (HC)

Bayan Kadri, Policy Advisor
Ministry of Families, Children, and Social Development, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

Crystina Dundas, Senior Policy Advisor
Ministry of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

Caroline  Beblin, Policy advisor
Ministry of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

Peter Julian, Member of Parliament
House of Commons
 
List of Details
Subject matter Detail
Budget, Health ACCES TO ORAL HEALTH CARE: Improved access to preventive oral health care services for millions of vulnerable people across Canada (emphasis on children, seniors aging in communities and in long-term care, people with disabilities, rural and remote communities, Indigenous communities, low-income households).
Budget, Health CANADA STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS: Expansion of the current list of eligible professionals for student loan forgiveness to help bring more dental hygienists to work in under-served rural and remote communities that lack the primary health care they need.
Budget, Health CANADA’S HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE: Addressing Canada’s health workforce crisis, including but not limited to incentives and supports to increase recruitment and retention within the health workforce generally, and to address the rural and remote health workforce specifically.
Health, Research and Development CANADIAN HEALTH MEASURES SURVEY: Ongoing collection of information from Canadians about their general health including oral health. POPULATION-LEVEL DATA: Increased collection, analysis and public reporting on national oral health/dental indicators and outcomes.
Budget, Health DENTAL CARE FOR CANADIANS: Recommendations to support the delivery of the Canada Dental Benefit, Canada Dental Care Plan (Budget 2023), Oral Health Access Fund (Budget 2023), and Investments in Better Dental Care Data (Statistics Canada).
Health Federal government to continue to play a leadership role in working with provinces to implement national long-term care and home care guidelines for daily oral health care and regular professional preventive care.
Health, Research and Development NATIONAL ORAL HEATH RESEARCH STRATEGY: Addressing essential oral health and oral health care-related research questions, facilitate knowledge translation and further knowledge exchange (Canadian Institutes of Health Research).
Health SENIORS: Ensuring that all vulnerable seniors (including those living independently in their communities and those living in long-term care homes) have access to necessary and appropriate oral health care to age in wellness and with dignity.
 
Responsible Officer who filed this communication report: Ondina Love
 
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The Lobbyists Registration Regulations do not require that the names of in-house lobbyists (i.e. employees of corporations or organizations) who actually participated in the communication be disclosed.
 

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