Registration - In-house Organization

CANADIAN NURSES ASSOCIATION/ASSOCIATION DES INFIRMIERES ET INFIRMIERS DU CANADA(CNA) / Valerie Grdisa, Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: CANADIAN NURSES ASSOCIATION/ASSOCIATION DES INFIRMIERES ET INFIRMIERS DU CANADA(CNA)
Previous in-house organization names
Responsible Officer Name: Valerie Grdisa, Chief Executive Officer
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2001-04-04
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 958587-75

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 773

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 14

Version 48 of 98 (2017-09-28 to 2017-10-25)

Registration versions:

Version 48 of 98 (2017-09-28 to 2017-10-25)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Aboriginal Affairs
Budget
Climate
Consumer Issues
Defence
Education
Employment and Training
Environment
Health
Housing
Immigration
Industry
Infrastructure
Internal Trade
International Development
International Relations
International Trade
Justice and Law Enforcement
Labour
Pensions
Research and Development
Science and Technology
Sports
Taxation and Finance
Telecommunications
Transportation

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Receive funding for and report on funding from project on regulatory licensing exams for internationally educated nurses discussion paper
Seek funding for nursing research

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Amend Subsection 14 (2) of the Food and Drugs Act and Section C.01.048 (1) to add NPs and RNs to the list of physicians, dentists, veterinary surgeons and pharmacists permitted to dispense drug samples
Amendments to Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying)
Amendments to Bill C-277, An Act providing for the development of a framework on palliative care in Canada
Amendments to Bill C-37, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related amendments to other Acts
Amendments to Bill C-45, An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program

Sodium Reduction Strategy - support for additional federal regulation of sodium levels in prepared and processed foods and implementation of the sodium reduction strategy

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation

Amend various sections ion the Income Tax Act and Income Tax Regulations to recognize and include NPs wherever medical doctors and medical practitioners are listed
Recognize and include NPs wherever medical doctors and medical practitioners in various sections in the Employment Insurance Act, Employment Insurance Regulations and corresponding sections of the Canada Labour Code

Policies or Program

A harm reduction- based cannabis awareness campaign
Amend the Canada Pension Plan (CPP Disability Benefit) authorize NPs to complete the medical reports a person requires to apply for the CPP disability benefit.
Continue to act on Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, including recommendation for new Aboriginal healing centres
Create a comprehensive national dementia strategy
Establish common standards to give all Canadians fair and equitable access to home health care
Federal funding (with an accountability framework that guides how funds are applied) to scale up provincial and territorial acute care and community-based antimicrobial stewardship (AMS programs).
Health Human Resources - greater coordination, creation of HHR Observatory and greater interprofessional collaboration.
Impact of ratifying the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement on health care and the sustainability of the health system
Improve access to primary care, home care, and palliative and end-of-life care for Indigenous Peoples
Improve community- and home-based health promotion
Incorporate Primary Health Care (PHP) principles within a Health in All Policies approach
Increase support to Canadians who provide care for aging relatives
Invest in early, secondary and post-secondary education for Indigenous students and expand broadband services to enable distance education
New Health Accord: Improve access to equitable, national, publicly funded home- and community-based care that includes telehealth, mental health and palliative care through the proposed $3 billion in federal funding for home care
New Health Accord: include a demographic top-up for each province and territory based on demographics and population health priorities
New Health Accord: provide fair and equitable distribution of Canada Health Transfer (CHT) funding through new Health Accord by ensuring that federal-provincial-territorial bilateral agreements include a robust accountability framework to enable monitoring and reporting on the use of CHT dollars.
Nursing-entry to practice
Programs to support seniors and healthy aging
Provide funding for a comprehensive, universal, public, affordable prescription medication coverage that ensures access in all health-care settings based on need and not the ability to pay
Strengthening and creating programs to support illness prevention and health promotion, long term care, palliative care, home and community care, affordable housing and other social determinants of health
Strengthening of programs and supports for vulnerable populations, including child health, senior's health and domestic maternal, newborn and child health strategy development.
Support a national commission for integrated health-care for Canadians

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Justice Canada (JC)
National Defence (DND)
Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Senate of Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Status of Women Canada (SWC)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

REPRESENT NURSES VIEWS AND PRIORITIES

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Michael Villeneuve, Chief Executive Officer

Organization's membership or classes of membership

REGISTERED NURSES

Government funding

End date of the last completed financial year: 2016-12-31

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Health Canada (HC)	$8,820.00	No

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
50 Driveway
Ottawa, ON K2P 1E2
Canada

Telephone number: 613-237-2159 Ext. 548

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Lisa Ashley, Senior Nurse Advisor | No public offices held
Claire Betker, President-Elect | No public offices held
Patricia Elliot-Miller, Executive Lead, Certification and Professional Development | No public offices held
David Granovsky, Manager of Government Relations | Public offices held
Carolyn Pullen, Director of Policy, Advocacy and Strategy | No public offices held
Josette Roussel, Senior Nurse Advisor | No public offices held
Barbara Shellian, President | No public offices held
Karima Velji, President (2014-2016) | No public offices held
Michael Villeneuve, Chief Executive Officer | No public offices held

CANADIAN NURSES ASSOCIATION/ASSOCIATION DES INFIRMIERES ET INFIRMIERS DU CANADA(CNA)

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

Name	From	To
CANADIAN NURSES ASSOCIATION/ASSOCIATION DES INFIRMIERES ET INFIRMIERS DU CANADA(CNA)	2008-08-06	current

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

CANADIAN NURSES ASSOCIATION/ASSOCIATION DES INFIRMIERES ET INFIRMIERS DU CANADA(CNA)
CANADIAN NURSES ASSOCIATION
CANADIAN NURSES ASSOCIATION/ASSOCIATION DES INFIRMIERES ET INFIRMIERS DU CANADA(CNA)

CANADIAN NURSES ASSOCIATION/ASSOCIATION DES INFIRMIERES ET INFIRMIERS DU CANADA(CNA)

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Valerie Grdisa	2024-07-08	Current
Tim Guest	2022-04-01	2024-07-08
Michael Villeneuve	2017-06-05	2022-04-01
Anne Sutherland Boal	2013-12-16	2017-06-05
Rachel Bard	2009-01-05	2013-12-16
LUCILLE AUFFREY	2001-04-04	2009-01-05

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Special Assistant, Parliamentary Affairs (Office of Josee Verner) House of Commons, House of Commons	October 2007 to November 2007	Not a designated office
Legislative assistant (Office of Deepak Obhrai) House of Commons, House of Commons	August 2003 to May 2004	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2025-04-30

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Registration - In-house Organization

CANADIAN NURSES ASSOCIATION/ASSOCIATION DES INFIRMIERES ET INFIRMIERS DU CANADA(CNA) / Valerie Grdisa, Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 48 of 98 (2017-09-28 to 2017-10-25)

Version 48 of 98 (2017-09-28 to 2017-10-25)

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation

Policies or Program

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization