Registration - Consultant

Subject Matters

• Broadcasting
• Consumer Issues
• Education
• Employment and Training
• Environment
• Financial Institutions
• Health
• Health Human Resources
• Industry
• Justice and Law Enforcement
• Science and Technology
• Sports
• Taxation and Finance
• Transportation

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• EXCISE TAX ACT: GST AND PHYSICIAN SERVICES: Changes to the application of the GST (zero-rate) on Physician practices
• INCOME TAX ACT: REGISTERED RETIREMENT SAVING PLAN (RRSP) LIMITS: Increasing the contributions limits to RRSPs
• PRE-BUDGET CONSULTATIONS: Federal investments or taxation changes to improve the health care system and the health of Canadians

Policies or Program

• ABORIGINAL HEALTH ISSUES: Improvement to the health and health care services provide to aboriginal people in Canada
• CANADIAN PHARMACEUTICAL STRATEGY: A national strategy to ensure all Canadian have access to safe, effective and affordable prescription drugs regardless of employment status or geography
• CHILD HEALTH : Increased investments and improved regulation to protect and enhance the health of children
• CHRONIC DISEASES: Increased federal investments to protect and promote the health of Canadians
• CROSS BORDER BULK PURCHASING OF DRUGS: Government prohibition against the bulk sale of prescription drugs from Canada to other countries
• EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: The adoption of a health emergencies Act to protect the health of Canadians in time of a national health emergency
• ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH ISSUES: Improvement in federal legislation to improve air, water and soil quality.
• FEDERAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND FEDERAL FORMS: Improved compensation for the completion of federal health forms by physicians
• HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (ELECTRONIC MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECORDS: Investment and needed regulations to facilitate the development of EHRs and EMRs in Canada
• HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION: Increased investment and improved regulations to protect and enhance the health of Canadians
• HEALTHY LIVING INITIATIVES: Encouraging governments to fund programs to promote healthy living
• HUMAN RIGHTS FOREIGN CARE WORKERS: Canada to speak out internationally on the right of physicians to provide medical care for their populations
• IMPAIRED DRIVING: Increased measure to both mitigate impaired driving in Canada
• INTERNET PRESCRIBING: Prohibitions against the prescribing of pharmaceuticals over the internet
• LONG-TERM CARE: Increase investments and changes to the Tax Act to enhance long-term care
• MANDATORY REPORTING OF ADVERSE DRUG EFFECTS: Ensuring that changes to report of adverse drug reaction is in the interest of patients and providers
• MEDICAL EDUCATION: Increase funding for medical education
• MEDICAL ISOTOPES SUPPLY: The self-sufficiency of supply of Medical Isotopes in Canada
• MENTAL HEALTH AND NATIONAL STRATEGY: Increased investment by the federal government to improve programs and services for the mentally ill
• NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL PERSONNEL: Increasing funding to ensure an adequate supply of national defence medical personnel
• NATIONAL HEALTH GOALS : The establishment of national health goals for the Canadian population
• NATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAMS: Increased restriction on the sale and advertising of tobacco products in Canada
• ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION: Improvements to existing legislation that governs organ and tissue donation in Canada
• PALLIATIVE AND END OF LIFE CARE: Improved national standards and investment in the area of palliative and end of life care
• PAN-CANADIAN HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCE STRATEGY (INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES): Federal strategies and investments into addressing Canada’s health human resource shortages
• PATIENT SAFETY : National Standards for patient care
• PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RENEWAL : Ensuring that reforms to primary care delivery reflect the interest of patients and providers
• RETIREMENT INCOME ISSUES: Ensuring that Canadian physicians are able to save adequately for retirement
• SUSTAINABILITY OF HEALTH CARE (FINANCING AND ACCESSIBILITY): Increases in health transfer funding and accountability by the federal government
• TELEHEALTH: Increased investment in providing telehealth to rural and remote communities
• TUITION LEVELS AND STUDENT DEBT LOADS (FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS): Increase federal aid for medical students and residents
• WAIT TIMES AND BENCHMARKS: The establishment of medically based wait time benchmarks in areas of specialty and primary care

Regulation

• CANADIAN PENSION PLAN : Improvements in both administration and compensation of the programs
• DIRECT TO CONSUMER ADVERTISING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS REGULATIONS (DTCA): Ensuring existing legislation is not amended to weaken the ability of Canada to restrict DTCA
• LOBBYING ACT REGULATIONS: Improvement to the existing legislation that addresses lobbying in Canada
• MEDICINAL MARIJUANA REGULATIONS: Improving regulations as they relate to the prescribing of medical marijuana
• PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT ACT (PIPEDA): PRIVACY PROTECTION OF HEALTH INFORMATION AND THE REGULATORY REVIEW: Improvement to privacy legislation to protect the privacy of health information

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Grass-roots communication

The lobbyist has arranged or expects to arrange one or more meetings on behalf of the client between a public office holder and any other person in the course of this undertaking.

Government Institutions

• Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
• Canada Health Infoway
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
• Canadian Health Council
• Canadian Heritage (PCH)
• Canadian Institutes for Health Information
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
• Canadian Patient Safety Institute
• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
• Environment Canada
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
• Industry Canada
• Intergovernmental Affairs
• Justice Canada (JC)
• Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
• Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Senate of Canada
• Solicitor General Canada (SGC)
• Transport Canada (TC)
• Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
• Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

Address:
1867 Alta Vista Drive
Ottawa, ON  K1G 5W8
Canada

Telephone number: 613-731-9331  Ext. 2802
Fax number: 613-731-1755  
Web address: www.cma.ca

Client representative

Barbara Drew, Acting Secretary General and CEO

Parent Company Information

Canadian Medical Association / Association médicale canadienne is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.

Business address:
1867 Alta Vista Drive
Ottawa, ON  K1G 5W8
Canada

Telephone number: 613-731-9331  Ext. 2802
Fax number: 613-731-1755