Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• EXCISE TAX ACT: GST AND PHYSICIAN SERVICES: Changes to the application of the GST (zero-rate) on Physician practices
• INCOME TAX ACT: REGISTERED RETIREMENT SAVING PLAN (RRSP) LIMITS: Increasing the contributions limits to RRSPs
• PRE-BUDGET CONSULTATIONS: Federal investments or taxation changes to improve the health care system and the health of Canadians

Policies or Program

• ABORIGINAL HEALTH ISSUES: Improvement to the health and health care services provide to aboriginal people in Canada
• CANADIAN PHARMACEUTICAL STRATEGY: A national strategy to ensure all Canadian have access to safe, effective and affordable prescription drugs regardless of employment status or geography
• CHILD HEALTH: Increased investments and improved regulation to protect and enhance the health of children
• CROSS BORDER BULK PURCHASING OF DRUGS: Government prohibition against the bulk sale of prescription drugs from Canada to other countries
• EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: The adoption of a health emergencies Act to protect the health of Canadians in time of a national health emergency
• ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH ISSUES: Improvement in federal legislation to improve air, water and soil quality
• FEDERAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND FEDERAL FORMS: Improved compensation for the completion of federal health forms by physicians
• HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (ELECTRONIC MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECORDS): Investment and needed regulations to facilitate the development of EHRs and EMRs in Canada
• HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION: Increased investment and improved regulations to protect and enhance the health of Canadians
• HEALTHY LIVING INITIATIVES: Encouraging governments to fund programs to promote healthy living
• HUMAN RIGHTS FOREIGN CARE WORKERS: Canada to speak out internationally on the right of physicians to provide medical care for their populations
• IMPAIRED DRIVING: Increased measure to both mitigate impaired driving in Canada
• INTERNET PRESCRIBING: Prohibitions against the prescribing of pharmaceuticals over the internet
• LONG-TERM CARE: Increase investments and changes to the Tax Act to enhance long-term care
• MANDATORY REPORTING OF ADVERSE DRUG EFFECTS: Ensuring that changes to report of adverse drug reaction is in the interest of patients and providers
• MEDICAL EDUCATION: Increase funding for medical education
• MENTAL HEALTH AND NATIONAL STRATEGY: Increased investment by the federal government to improve programs and services for the mentally ill
• NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL PERSONNEL: Increasing funding to ensure an adequate supply of national defence medical personnel
• NATIONAL HEALTH GOALS: The establishment of national health goals for the Canadian population
• NATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAMS: Increased restriction on the sale and advertising of tobacco products in Canada
• ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION: Improvements to existing legislation that governs organ and tissue donation in Canada
• PAN-CANADIAN HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCE STRATEGY (INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES): Federal strategies and investments into addressing Canada’s health human resource shortages
• PATIENT SAFETY: National Standards for patient care
• PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RENEWAL: Ensuring that reforms to primary care delivery reflect the interest of patients and providers
• RETIREMENT INCOME ISSUES: Ensuring that Canadian physicians are able to save adequately for retirement
• SUSTAINABILITY OF HEALTH CARE (FINANCING AND ACCESSIBILITY): Increases in health transfer funding and accountability by the federal government
• TELEHEALTH: Increased investment in providing telehealth to rural and remote communities
• TUITION LEVELS AND STUDENT DEBT LOADS (FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS): Increase federal aid for medical students and residents
• WAIT TIMES AND BENCHMARKS: The establishment of medically based wait time benchmarks in areas of specialty and primary care

Regulation

• CANADA PENSION PLAN: Improvements in both administration and compensation of the programs
• MEDICINAL MARIJUANA REGULATIONS: Improving regulations as they relate to the prescribing of medical marijuana
• PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT ACT (PIPEDA): PRIVACY PROTECTION OF HEALTH INFORMATION AND THE REGULATORY REVIEW: Improvement to privacy legislation to protect the privacy of health information