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
- That the minister of health introduce legislation to modernize the Food and Drugs Act to remove barriers that prevent NPs and RNs from dispensing drug samples
Policies or Program
- A harm reduction- based cannabis awareness campaign
- Continue to act on Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, including recommendation for new Aboriginal healing centres
- Create a health-care innovation agency of Canada
- Enhancing access to sustainable health human resources to better serve rural, remote and Indigenous communities across Canada
- 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 palliative care and support for caregivers
- 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 strategies to prevent and mitigate the health effects of climate change
- 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.
- That the federal government lead efforts to educate health-care workers on the importance of medication safety and deprescribing
- That the minister of health create a public awareness campaign to bring attention to the scourge of counterfeit prescription drugs
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
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Grass-roots communication
Government Institutions
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Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
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Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)
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Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT)
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
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Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)
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Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
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Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
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Health Canada (HC)
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House of Commons
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
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Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)
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Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
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Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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Justice Canada (JC)
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National Defence (DND)
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Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Privy Council Office (PCO)
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Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
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Public Safety Canada (PS)
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Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
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Senate of Canada
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Statistics Canada (StatCan)
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Status of Women Canada (SWC)
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Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
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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:
2018-12-31
List of Government Funding
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Government Institution
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Funding Received in Last Financial Year
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Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
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Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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$5,000.00
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No
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Health Canada (HC)
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$39,800.00
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Yes
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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
- Claire Betker,
President |
No public offices held
- Ashley Chisholm,
Research & Policy Advisor |
No public offices held
- Tim Guest,
President-Elect |
No public offices held
- Aden Hamza,
Policy Advisor |
No public offices held
- Marie Marques,
Program Lead, Credentialing Centre |
No public offices held
- Sarah Nolan,
Lead, Government Relations |
Public offices held
- Josette Roussel,
Program Lead, Nursing Practice & Policy |
No public offices held
- Barbara Shellian,
President (2016-2018) |
No public offices held
- Michael Villeneuve,
Chief Executive Officer |
No public offices held
