Registry of Lobbyists
Version 14 of 17 (2006-02-14 to 2006-09-14) 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 |
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| 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: | 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. Its mission is to improve health service delivery in Canada through policy development, advocacy and leadership. | ||||
| 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 and housing services. | ||||
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | Yes | ||||
| End date of the organization's last completed financial year: | 2006-03-30 | ||||
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| Name: | GARNET BURNS |
| Position title: | BOARD CHAIR-ELECT |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | DENISE DESAUTELS |
| Position title: | DIRECTOR, POLICY AND COMMUNICATIONS |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | DELLA FAULKNER |
| Position title: | SENIOR HEALTH POLICY ANALYST |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | SHARON SHOLZBERG-GRAY |
| Position title: | PRESIDENT AND CEO |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | ALEX TAYLOR |
| Position title: | BOARD CHAIR |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Graeme Wilkes |
| Position title: | Communications Advisor |
| 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 Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian Patient Safety Institute, 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), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) | ||||||
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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, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Education, Employment and Training, Environment, Health, Industry, Internal Trade, 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, Directors General and the Federal Advisor on Wait Times) from Health Canada to discuss a range of health system issues including: funding; the reduction of wait times (including operating principles) and the implementation of benchmarks; the reprocessing of single-use medical devices; the public/private mix in the delivery and funding of health services; follow-up to the Supreme Court Chaoulli ruling; health system governance and organizational effectiveness; health human resources; and public health. 2) Telephone conversations with senior provincial and federal government officials to discuss CHA's work on health system governance and accountability.3) Meeting with the Canada Revenue Agency to discuss the amendments to the health system GST rebate. 4) Presentation of CHA's pre-budget brief to members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance. 5) Meeting with the Prime Minister's Deputy Chief of Staff to discuss the privatization in the funding and delivery of health services; wait times; and the electronic health record.6) Together with colleagues from the Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Nurses Association, Canadian Pharmacists Association and Health Action Lobby, the dissemination of a joint vision statement to political parties. 7) Hosted a national Health System Effectiveness Roundtable, which was funded by Health Canada and drew health system leaders and representatives from public and private organizations across Canada. 8) Congratulatory letters to newly-appointed senators and the Federal Advisor on Wait Times. | ||||||
| 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 and the Minister of National Revenue on health-related GST issues.3) Ongoing relations and discussions with Human Resources and Social Development Canada officials regarding various labour-sector studies and health human resources issues. 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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