Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Pharmacists Association / Association des Pharmaciens du Canada / Glen Doucet, Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Canadian Pharmacists Association / Association des Pharmaciens du Canada
Responsible Officer Name: Glen Doucet, Chief Executive Officer 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 1999-06-01
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 935843-2

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 279

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 6

Version 5 of 66 (2001-08-30 to 2002-04-02)

Version 5 of 66 (2001-08-30 to 2002-04-02) was submitted prior to the Lobbying Act coming into force on July 2, 2008. Due to different information requirements at that time, the registration is presented in the following format.

A. Organization Information

Organization: Canadian Pharmacists Association / Association des Pharmaciens du Canada
1785 ALTA VISTA DRIVE
OTTAWA, ON  K1G 3Y6
Canada
Telephone number: 613-523-7877
Fax number: 613-523-0445  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: JEFF POSTON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR  
 
Description of the organization's activities: THE ASSOCIATION ADVOCATES ON ISSUES OF CONCERN TO PHARMACISTS IN ALL AREAS OF PRACTICE. IT IS A NOT FOR PROFIT, VOLUNTARY PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION. THE ASSOCIATION FULFILLS ITS MANDATE THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY
Organization's membership or classes of membership: IT IS THE NATIONAL VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATON REPRESENTING OVER 10, 000 PHARMACISTS, WORKING IN ALL FIELDS OF PHARMACY IN ALL PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES. OUR MEMBERS INCLUDE COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS, HOSPITAL PHARMACISTS, ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH PHARMACISTS, STUDENTS, INTERNS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
 
Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? No
 

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: RUSSELL MILON
Position title: DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JEFF POSTON
Position title: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Finance Canada (FIN), Health Canada (HC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Industry Canada, National Defence (DND), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Grass-roots communication, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Health, Small Business, Taxation and Finance
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: TOOK PART IN THE WORKING GROUP THAT PREPARED AND SUBMITTED "PRIVACY PROTECTION AND HEALTH INFORMATION - UNDERSTANDING THE IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES" TO HEALTH CANADA IN MARCH, 2001. HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SENATOR MICHAEL KIRBY ON THE PRIVACY AND HEALTH INFORMATION ISSUE. MET WITH BRIAN TOBIN, MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, IN MAY ABOUT PHARMACISTS AND THE PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS ACT (PIPEDA). HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH BRIAN TOBIN'S OFFICE ABOUT THE "PATENTS BY INDICATION" ISSUE. WORKING WITH HRDC ON PHARMACY HUMAN RESOURCES ISSUE. DELIVERED SUBMISSION TO STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENTITLED "HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, OPTIMIZING DRUG THERAPY AND THE ROLE OF THE PHARMACIST". MET WITH ROY ROMANOW IN JUNE AND WILL BE MAKING SUBMISSION TO THE COMMISSION. ATTENDED RECEPTION AT 24 SUSSEX DRIVE IN JUNE.
Subject Matter: Prospective: ONGOING WORK ON ISSUES SUCH AS: PHARMACY HUMAN RESOURCES (HRDC), PRIVACY OF HEALTH INFORMATION (INDUSTRY), "PATENT BY INDICATION", (INDUSTRY), PHARMACARE, HOME CARE. WILL BE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER WITH IAN GREEN, DEPUTY MINISTER OF HEALTH ABOUT THE PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS ACT (PIPEDA). CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO REGULATORY AFFAIRS QUESTIONS FROM HEALTH CANADA. WILL ATTEND THE MAPLE LEAF DINNER IN NOVEMBER. WILL APPEAR BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE REVIEWING BILL C-6 (PIPEDA)IN THE FALL. WILL MEET WITH STAFF AT THERAPEUTIC PRODUCTS DIRECTORATE IN OCTOBER. WILL MAKE SUBMISSION TO ROMANOW COMMISSION AT END OF OCTOBER.




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