Registry of Lobbyists
Version 6 of 42 (2008-06-02 to 2008-07-07) 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.
| Organization: |
The College of Family Physicians of Canada / Le Collège des médecins de famille du Canada
2630 Skymark Avenue Mississauga, ON L4W 5A4 Canada |
| Telephone number: | 905-629-0900 Ext.: 237 |
| Fax number: | 905-629-0893 |
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Calvin Gutkin, Executive Director and CEO |
| Description of the organization's activities: | The CFPC is the collective voice for family medicine in Canada |
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | Voluntary |
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | No |
| Name: | Eric Mang |
| Position title: | Manager of Health Policy |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | John Maxted |
| Position title: | Associate Executive Director, Health and Public Policy |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Ruth Wilson |
| Position title: | President |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Health Canada (HC), Members of the House of Commons, Senate of Canada | ||||||||||
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Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
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Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Health | ||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | Discussions with Ministry of Health officials, including civil servants, Minister's Office and Public Health Agency of Canada officials. Issues focus on: wait times; health human resources (physician shortages, Canadian Medical Graduates and International Medical Graduates); technology and primary care; health promotion (prevention and wellness); scopes of practice and interdisciplinary teams; family physicians and role in public health. | ||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Continuing discussions on primary health care and the role of the family physician (including scopes of practice); wait time measurement and guarantees; family physician recruitment and retention. | ||||||||||
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