Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

• Health Canada - Smoking Cessation Tobacco Control Program. Seeking assistance to develop and disseminate training materials and courses to provide pharmacists with the knowledge and skills to help patients stop smoking.
• Public Health Agency of Canada National Diabetes Strategy with respect to dissemination and support for training courses in support of diabetes training for pharmacists.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Health Canada Cross Border Prescription Drug Trade - Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act and the Food and Drug Regulations (drug export restrictions) with respect to implications for the practice of pharmacy
• Industry Canada and Health Canada - PIPEDA (the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act) with respect to implications for the practice of pharmacy

Policies or Program

• Health Canada - Foreign Credential recognition Program, Health Canada Health Human Resources (HHR) Strategy - working with the department to facilitate the entry of foreign-trained pharmacists to Canada, and recognize foreign credentials.
• Health Canada Emergency Preparedness/Pandemic Planning with respect to implications for the practice of pharmacy
• Health Canada First Nations and Inuit Health - Non-Insured Health Benefits program (NIHB) with respect to implications for the practice of pharmacy
• Health Canada National Pharmaceutical Strategy with respect to implications for the practice of pharmacy
• Health Canada Post-market surveillance of pharmaceutical products with respect to implications for the practice of pharmacy
• Health Canada Primary Health Care with respect to implications for the practice of pharmacy
• Health Canada Smoking Cessation Tobacco Control Program with respect to policy implications for the practice of pharmacy
• Industry Canada, Finance Canada, Health Canada - E-health / electronic health records policy with respect to implications for the practice of pharmacy
• Industry Canada, Finance Canada, Health Canada - Prescription drug cost containment strategies with respect to implications for the practice of pharmacy
• Working with Health Canada to implement measures to respond to national drug shortages, such as sourcing alternative drugs or supporting a national reporting system.