Registration - Consultant

Best Medicines Coalition / Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments / Jay Strauss, Consultant

Registration Information

Client name: Best Medicines Coalition / Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments
Lobbyist name: Jay Strauss, Consultant
Initial registration start date: 2016-04-26
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 926360-357616

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 2

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 1 of 67 (2016-04-26 to 2016-06-07)

Registration versions:

Version 1 of 67 (2016-04-26 to 2016-06-07)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Health

Subject Matter Details

Policies or Program

The Best Medicines Coalition is looking to appear at the House of Commons' Standing Committee on Health to discuss national pharmacare. The coalition is looking to present patient perspectives on the issue. The client would be the one presenting at the committee. Consultant is communicating with government officials to help ensure that the client speaks in front of the committee and for research.

Policies or Program, Regulation

Discuss with federal officials opportunities for the Best Medicines Coalition to discuss general health care issues, particularly health care renewal regarding access to medications in addition to broad regulatory issues related to medications.

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

The lobbyist has arranged or expects to arrange one or more meetings on behalf of the client between a public office holder and any other person in the course of this undertaking.

Government Institutions

Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons

Client Details

Government funding

No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.

Client Contact Information

Address:
278 Markland Drive
Toronto, ON M9C 1R7
Canada

Telephone number: 416-622-3893
Web address: http://www.bestmedicines.ca/

Client representative

Paulette Eddy, Executive Director

Parent Company Information

Best Medicines Coalition / Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.

Coalition Members Information

Alliance for Access to Psychiatric Medicines
- Care of: 278 Markland Drive
  Toronto, ON M9C 1R7
  Canada
Arthritis Consumer Experts
- 1228 Hamilton Street
  200A
  Vancouver, BC V6B 6L2
  Canada
Asthma Society of Canada
- 124 Merton St.
  401
  Toronto, ON M4S 2Z2
  Canada
Better Pharmacare Coalition (B.C.)
- 11791 80A Ave.
  Delta, BC V4C 1Z1
  Canada
Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada / La fondation canadienne des tumeurs cérébrales
- 620 Colborne St
  301
  London, ON N6B 3R9
  Canada
Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance / Alliance Canadienne des Arthritiques
- 204 Gerrard St. E
  3
  Toronto, ON M5A 2E6
  Canada
Canadian Breast Cancer Network / Réseau canadien du cancer du sein
- 331 Cooper Street
  602
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0G5
  Canada
Canadian Epilepsy Alliance / L’Alliance Canadienne de l’Épilepsie
- 468 Queen St. East
  210
  Toronto, ON M5A 1T7
  Canada
Canadian Hemophilia Society / Société Canadienne de l'Hémophilie
- 666 Sherbrooke Street West
  301
  Montreal, QC H3A 1E7
  Canada
Canadian PKU & Allied Disorders
- 260 Adelaide Street East
  180
  Toronto, ON M5A 1N1
  Canada
Canadian Skin Patient Alliance / l'Alliance canadienne des patients en dermatologie
- 136-2446 Bank Street
  383
  Ottawa, ON K1V 1A8
  Canada
Canadian Society of Intestinal Research
- 3665 Kingsway
  231
  Vancouver, BC V5R 5W2
  Canada
Canadian Treatment Action Council
- 555 Richmond St. West
  Box 203, Suite 612
  Toronto, ON M5V 3B1
  Canada
Cancer Advocacy Coalition of Canada
- 2 Bloor St W
  1902
  Toronto, ON M4W 3R1
  Canada
Foundation Fighting Blindness
- 890 Yonge St
  12th Floor
  Toronto, ON M4W 3P4
  Canada
Gastrointestinal Society
- 3665 Kingsway
  231
  Vancouver, BC V5R 5W2
  Canada
Health Coalition of Alberta
- Care of: 278 Markland Drive
  Toronto, ON M9C 1R7
  Canada
Kidney Cancer Canada / Cancer du rein Canada
- 4936 Yonge Street
  226
  Toronto, ON M2N 6S3
  Canada
Lymphoma Foundation Canada / Lymphome Canada
- 6860 Century Avenue
  202
  Mississauga, ON L5N 2W5
  Canada
Ovarian Cancer Canada / Cancer de l'ovaire Canada
- 145 Front St E
  205
  Toronto, ON M5A 1E3
  Canada
Parkinson Society Canada / Parkinson Canada
- 4211 Yonge Street
  316
  Toronto, ON M2P 2A9
  Canada
Save Your Skin Foundation / La Fondation sauve ta peau
- 3600 Windcrest Dr
  319
  North Vancouver, BC V7G 2S5
  Canada
Tourette Canada
- 5945 Airport Rd
  195
  Mississauga, ON L4V 1R9
  Canada

Individual, organization or corporation with a Direct Interest Beneficiary Information

The activities of Best Medicines Coalition / Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments are not controlled or directed by another individual, organization or corporation with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.

Subsidiary Beneficiary Information

Best Medicines Coalition / Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments does not have any subsidiaries that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the undertaking

Lobbyist Details

Jay Strauss | Public offices held

Business address:
89-91 St. Paul Street St.
Suite 301
St. Catharines, ON L2R 3M3
Canada

Telephone number: 905-325-8717

Best Medicines Coalition/Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments

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

Name	From	To
Best Medicines Coalition/Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments	2016-04-26	current

Best Medicines Coalition / Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Electronic Information Director Prime Minister's Office, Press Office	November 2003 to March 2006	Not a designated office
Summer student Health Canada, Human Resources (seconded part of the summer to the Minister's Office)	May 2002 to August 2002	Not a designated office
Summer student Veterans Affairs Canada, Minister's Office	May 2001 to August 2001	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Electronic Information Director Prime Minister's Office, Press Office	November 2003 to March 2006	Not a designated office
Summer student Health Canada, Human Resources (seconded part of the summer to the Minister's Office)	May 2002 to August 2002	Not a designated office
Summer student Veterans Affairs Canada, Minister's Office	May 2001 to August 2001	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2025-12-10

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Best Medicines Coalition / Coalition pour de meilleurs médicaments / Jay Strauss, Consultant

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Associated Communications

Version 1 of 67 (2016-04-26 to 2016-06-07)

Version 1 of 67 (2016-04-26 to 2016-06-07)

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Policies or Program

Policies or Program, Regulation

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Government funding

Client Contact Information

Client representative

Parent Company Information

Coalition Members Information

Individual, organization or corporation with a Direct Interest Beneficiary Information

Subsidiary Beneficiary Information