Monthly Communication Report

Organization:	Canadian Medical Association/Association médicale canadienne
Associated registration:	775701-227341-194
Communication date:	2025-10-16
Posted date:	2025-11-18

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:	Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health Health Canada (HC) Jade Mallette, Director of Parliamentary Affairs Office of the Minister of Health, Health Canada (HC) Guillaume Bertrand , Directeur des Communications House of Commons
List of Details Subject matter Detail Budget, Health, Taxation and Finance BUDGET: Provide CMA’s perspective on the Government of Canada’s budget, particularly as it relates to modernizing Canada’s health care system by enhancing efficiency, driving innovation, and promoting equitable access to care. Health, Science and Technology DIGITAL HEALTH: Increased investment in providing digital, virtual and telehealth services. Budget, Health FEDERAL HEALTH FUNDING FOR A NEW PRIMARY CARE ACCESS FUND: Recommendation for a funding commitment to ensure that every Canadian has access to a family doctor or primary care team. Budget, Employment and Training, Federal-Provincial Relations, Health INTEGRATED HEALTH HUMAN RESOURCES Advocate for an Integrated Health Human Resources Strategy, including creating retention incentives and addressing administrative burden for health care professionals, increasing the number of doctors and nurses and ensuring that every Canadian has access to a family doctor or primary health team, increasing access to virtual care, creating an action plan to get internationally trained health care professionals to work, improving workforce data collection across health systems and investing in a supply needs-based planning tool, and facilitating team-based health care. Budget, Employment and Training, Federal-Provincial Relations, Health PAN CANADIAN LICENSURE: Advocate for the ability for physicians with full licences to practise independently without restrictions or for medical resident trainees registered in any Canadian jurisdiction to practise or train in any other Canadian jurisdiction without having to acquire more than one licence or pay additional licensing fees. This includes exploring enabling legislation in the provinces and territories.
Responsible Officer who filed this communication report:	ALEX MUNTER
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