CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY / Société canadienne du cancer
Registration:
13
of
90
(2008-08-13
to
2009-06-11)
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Bill C-278, which if passed would increase the number of weeks someone can receive Employment Insurance (EI) Sickness Benefits because they are unable to work due to a "prescribed illness, injury or quarantine".
- Bill C32, regulation on flavoured tobacco products and restrictions on advertising to youth
- Bill C6, as it relates to the pre-emptive exclusion of tobacco products from the bill and the power within the bill to require chronic health hazard warning labels
- Excise Act, 2001, as it relates to contraband and the taxation of tobacco products
- Income Tax Act, as it relates to the taxation of tobacco products
- Non-Smokers' Health Act as it relates to implementation and enforcement
- Patent Act, as it relates to the use of patents for international humanitarian purposes to address public health problems.
- The Hazardous Product act as it relates to the domestic use of asbestos
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
- First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and regulations, as it relates to the taxation of tobacco products
Policies or Program
- Canadian Cancer on Cancer Control as it relates to funding and Implementaion
- Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and its implementation including protocols
- Health Canada's Tobacco Control Program as it relates to funding and implementation.
- Rotterdam Convention as it relates to the export of asbestos