Registry of Lobbyists
Version 13 of 17 (2005-08-18 to 2006-02-14) 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: |
Canadian Healthcare Association / Association canadienne des soins de santé
17 YORK STREET OTTAWA, ON K1N 9J6 Canada |
| Telephone number: | 613-241-8005 Ext.: 205 |
| Fax number: | 613-241-5055 |
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | SHARON SHOLZBERG-GRAY, PRESIDENT AND CEO |
| Description of the organization's activities: | CHA's mission is to improve health service delivery in Canada through policy development, advocacy and leadership. Together with its members, CHA is committed to realizing the vision of a publicly funded health system that provides access to a broad range of comparable health services across Canada. |
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | CHA's members are Canada's provincial and territorial hospital and health organizations representing a broad continuum of care including acute care, home and community care, long term care, public health, mental health, palliative care, addiction services, children, youth and family services, housing services, and professional and licensing bodies. |
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | No |
| Name: | GARNET BURNS |
| Position title: | BOARD CHAIR-ELECT |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | DENISE DESAUTELS |
| Position title: | ACTING DIRECTOR, POLICY AND COMMUNICATIONS |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | DELLA FAULKNER |
| Position title: | SENIOR HEALTH POLICY ANALYST |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | NATALIE ROCHON |
| Position title: | COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | SHARON SHOLZBERG-GRAY |
| Position title: | PRESIDENT AND CEO |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | ALEX TAYLOR |
| Position title: | BOARD CHAIR |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Finance Canada (FIN), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, House of Commons Standing Committee on Health, Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Auditor General, Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Revenue Canada (RC), Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, Statistics Canada (StatCan) | ||||||||
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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: | Aboriginal Affairs, Broadcasting, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Education, Employment and Training, Environment, Health, Industry, International Trade, Labour, Taxation and Finance | ||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | 1) Informal communications, meetings, presentations to, and written correspondence with senior officials (including Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Assistant Deputy Ministers and Directors General) from Health Canada to discuss a range of health system issues including: follow-up to the First Ministers' Meeting on Health including the contents of Bill C-39; funding; health human resources; accountability; governance; Aboriginal health; rural/remote health; medical device regulations enforced by the Therapeutic Products Directorate; strategies for the risk management of reprocessing single-use medical devices; long-term care; the reduction of wait times (including operating principles) and the implementation of benchmarks; the public/private mix in the delivery and funding of health services; follow-up to the Supreme Court ruling on the Zeliotis and Chaoulli case; and the Group of Four's (Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Nurses Association, Canadian Pharmacists Association and CHA) future relationship with Health Canada.2) Telephone conversations with senior provincial and federal government officials to discuss CHA's publication on Health System Governance and Accountability.3) Presence in the federal budget media room on Parliament Hill, and also attendance at the Department of Finance Secure Reading for a briefing on budget contents.4) Meeting with the Canada Revenue Agency to discuss the budget announcement on the GST rebate and other health-related GST issues. 5) Telephone conversations with senior representatives from the Public Health Agency of Canada to discuss the launch of the Pan-Canadian Health Network, and to review other public health issues. 6) Participation in Alberta's Symposium on Health - Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems, which was hosted by The Honourable Iris Evans, Alberta Minister of Health and Wellness, and included liaison with senior government officials from the departments of health. 7) Attendance at a Parliament Hill reception in honour of The Right Honourable Donald Mazankowski and the Alberta Heart Institute (a Capital Health project).8) Meeting with the co-chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology to discuss the Senate Committee's study of mental health programs and policies in Canada. 9) Participation in a Health Panel featured by the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians at their annual meeting at the House of Commons. Included in the audience were The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of State (Public Health) and former Health Minister Monique Bégin. 10) Informal meetings with the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, and New Brunswick's Health and Wellness Minister during the CHA-hosted National Healthcare Leadership Conference (they were plenary speakers at this event). | ||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | 1) Ongoing relations and discussions with relevant Health Canada and Finance Canada officials on a range of health system issues, as well as with other agencies on specific health care issues. 2) Ongoing relations and discussions with the Canada Revenue Agency on health-related GST issues.3) Ongoing relations and discussions with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada officials regarding various labour-sector studies. 4) Ongoing relations with the Public Health Agency of Canada on pan-Canadian public health issues. 5) Ongoing relations with House of Commons and Senate Standing Committees on a range of health system issues. | ||||||||
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