Registry of Lobbyists
Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc. / Association canadienne des compagnies d'assurances de personnes inc.
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Financial Institutions
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Amendments to Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing rules as they affect insurance companies
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Regulation
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Financial Institutions
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Discussing plans on the Data Collection Modernization initiative
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Regulation, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
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Health
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Discussions related to drug pricing, including decisions, policies and processes of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB)
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Policies or Program
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Financial Institutions, Health
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Discussions related to regulatory burden, including “cutting red tape”.
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Regulation
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Health
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Discussions related to supply and shortages of drugs in Canada, including the Multi-Stakeholder Steering Committee.
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Policies or Program
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Financial Institutions
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Discussions related to the financial sector policy review.
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Policies or Program
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Health
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Discussions related to the implementation of national pharmacare including bilateral agreements with provinces and territories; the committee of experts on the implementation of pharmacare and the advisory panel on bulk purchasing.
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Policies or Program
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Health
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Discussions related to the implementation of the Interpretation letter on the Canada health act related to physician equivalent services.
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Policies or Program
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Financial Institutions
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Discussions relating to the efficiency and effectiveness of the financial sector regulatory system as it pertains to insurance companies.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
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Employment and Training
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Employment Insurance (EI) reform as it relates to disability benefits; and EI Premium Reduction Program issues.
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Policies or Program
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Financial Institutions
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FCAC direction to update complaint-handling information for insurers
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Policies or Program
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Financial Institutions
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Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) risk-based guidance as it relates to life insurance
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Regulation
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Infrastructure
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Financing infrastructure projects, as it relates to investments by insurers
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Policies or Program
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Taxation and Finance
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Impacts on Canadian insurers of proposed U.S. tax measures.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Taxation and Finance
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Income Tax Act, Part VI as it relates to capital tax on financial institutions.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Taxation and Finance
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Income Tax Act, Section 146: Retirement income recommendations regarding the treatment of life insurance companies; Section 146.2 (TFSAs); Section 146.3 (RRIFs).
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Taxation and Finance
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Income Tax Regulations, Part III: Updating income tax rules for life insurance policies.
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Regulation
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Taxation and Finance
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Income Tax Regulations, Part XIV.
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Regulation
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Taxation and Finance
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Income Tax Regulations (section 6(1)(f) as it relates to income tax withholding on wage loss replacement plans (disability income benefits).
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Regulation
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Financial Institutions, International Trade
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International Trade with respect to opening trade relations, regulations, foreign ownership and national treatment in foreign markets, with regards to India, Europe, China, Japan, Trans-Pacific partnership (TPP), Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), Plurilateral Trade In Services Agreement (TISA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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Policies or Program
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Financial Institutions
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Inter-provincial harmonization and trade barriers as it relates to insurance products.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Financial Institutions
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Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI). Guidelines related to risk management, capital and accounting for insurance companies. This includes capital charges for infrastructure investments under the LICAT.
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Regulation
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Privacy and Access to Information
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Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act: seeking workable approaches to privacy rules affecting life and health insurers when the Act is updated.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Financial Institutions
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Promotion of a broader range of investments by insurance companies (e.g., farmland, timberland, fintechs)
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Pensions
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Promotion of pension products, including decumulation solutions.
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Regulation
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Financial Institutions
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Promotion of risk-based and principles-based regulation for financial institutions regulations.
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Regulation
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Financial Institutions
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Statutory review of the Insurance Companies Act as it relates to insurance products and investments.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Taxation and Finance
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Work to ensure that the income tax act does not put insurance companies at a competitive disadvantage.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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