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Subject Matters

• Aboriginal Affairs
• Budget
• Constitutional Issues
• Consumer Issues
• Education
• Employment and Training
• Environment
• Health
• Immigration
• Industry
• Infrastructure
• Internal Trade
• International Trade
• Labour
• Research and Development
• Science and Technology
• Taxation and Finance

Subject matters added through a monthly communication report

• National Security/Security

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

• Infrastructure money to include academic/research hospitals and academic regional health authorities. Previous stimulus packages excluded health care facilities.
• Research and Development, Innovation and Commercializations - That Canadian Institutes of Health Research A-base funding be increased to 1% of health care budget.

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program

• Mental Health Commission of Canada: renew mandate for 10 years and double budget

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Department of Finance Canada and Federal Budgets: The federal role in Canada's health system: the use of the federal spending power and national objectives - renewed and strengthened Equalization and Territorial formula, strengthened commitment to equal per capita cash support for the Canada Health Transfer and Canada Social Transfer.
• Excise Tax Act: The GST rebate for health services, Section 259 (1) (2) (3) (4.1), Section 123 (1).

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation

• Food and Drugs Act: Legislation and Regulations related to the re-use of single-use medical devices.

Policies or Program

• Canada Health Infoway: Electronic Health Record
• Canadian Patient Safety Institute: Patient safety and quality improvement
• Goods and Services Tax application to health research institutions under the MUSH formula be extended at the same rate of 83% to research institutes which form part of the research hospitals. CRA has a draft interpretation bulletin with respect to this.
• Health Canada - Advisory Committee on Health Delivery and Human Resources (ACHDHR): Health system employability - self sufficiency, internationally educated health professionals, and entry-to-practice credentials.
• Health Canada - First Nations and Inuit Health, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada: Aboriginal health. CHA advocates on training and job opportunities for Aboriginal Canadians, programs to reduce chronic disease and support health promotion, funding for health services, sufficient health human resources, and improving living conditions such as clean water.
• Increase the Goods and Services Tax rebate under the MUSH formula (Municipalities, Universities, Schools and Hospitals) for public health and health authorities from 83% to 100% of eligible costs.
• Science and Technology strategy - as part of a group of six stakeholder groups representing not-for-profit, public and private sectors, present a National Health Innovation Action plan for the health/life sciences sector.
• The Order Amending the Order Respecting the Interim Federal Health Program (June 28, 2012) with respect to changes in health care for refugees and refugee claimants.

Regulation

• Vanessa's Law C-17 Working with Government with respect to implementation framework in advance of regulations being finalized

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Grass-roots communication
• Letters to the Editor

Government Institutions

• Canada Foundation for Innovation
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
• Canadian Heritage (PCH)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
• Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
• Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• Justice Canada (JC)
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
• Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG)
• Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Public Safety Canada (PS)
• Senate of Canada
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
• Statistics Canada (StatCan)
• Transport Canada (TC)
• Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
• Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

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