Registration - In-house Organization

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 Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

• A targeted Health Human Resources Fund be established by the federal government, that could be administered by the provinces to respect the P/T shortages, but would have federal accountability to address the health care professional shortage across the country.
• 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.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Bill C-38, An Act to implement certain provisions of the Budget tabled in Parliament on March 29 and other measures. Part 2, Section 19: Excise Tax Act, Part 4, Division 14: Canada Health Act, Division 17: Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Division 24: Old Age Security Act, Division 54: Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
• Department of Finance Budget 2011: Investments in palliative care, research and innovation, and health human resources, and tax credits for caregivers.
• Department of Finance Canada Budgets: CHA advocates for increased operating funds for health research. Natural Sciences Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)
• 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).
• The Supreme Court of Canada decision on the Chaoulli case - the principle of access based on need and not ability to pay. This is not limited to the Canada Health Act sections 2,3,4,7,8,9,10, 11,12,13,14,18,19,22,23.

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. Also following the 2008/2009 First Ministers' meetings, the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) and labour mobility.
• 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.
• Health Canada: Ten-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care (Plan). CHA advocates on the following sections of this Plan: Reducing Wait Times and Improving Access, Strategic Health Human Resource (HHR) Action Plan, Home Care, Primary Care Reform, National Pharmaceuticals Strategy, Prevention, Promotion and Public Health, Health Innovation, Accountability and Reporting to Citizens, FMM 2004 Investments for Health and New Funding Levels (10-Year).
• 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.
• Mental Health Commission of Canada: Progress on access to mental health services across the health continuum and expanded home- and continuing-care supports
• 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

• Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
• Canada Foundation for Innovation
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Environment Canada
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Industry Canada
• Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
• 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 and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC)
• 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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