Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Budget
- Child Services
- Consumer Issues
- Education
- Federal-Provincial Relations
- Health
- Science and Technology
- Taxation and Finance
Subject Matter Details
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
- Qualitative and quantitative study of speech, language and hearing for First Nations, Inuit and Metis populations. Seeking funding for Qualitative and quantitative sstudy of speech, language and hearing for First Nations, Inuit and Metis populations. Source of funding to be determined.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Changes to the Current Hazardous Products Act for Noisy Toys. The current Hazardous Products Act bans toys emitting noise levels exceeding 100 dB. Canadian Association of Speech Language and Audiology Canada (CASLPA)
would like this legislation changed to 75dB.
- National Concussion Strategy-The need for a national strategy on concussion and the role of SAC's member profession.
- National Seniors Strategy-to discuss the role of communication health professionals in a national seniors strategy.
- Taxation and Finance - Changes to the disability tax credit for hearing including advocacy to amend the Income Tax Act.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
- Guidelines for Children's Hearing Health- National guidelines for early hearing detection and intervention.
- Include the services of audiologists and speech-language pathologists in an aging at home tax benefit
- National Autism Strategy-The need for a national strategy on autism spectrum disorder and the role of SAC's member professions in such a strategy.
Policies or Program
- Budget - include a national program that ensures universal access to newborn hearing screening and include programs to facilitate the early identification and intervention of speech and language disorders in young children.
- Health - to discuss improved policies around audiology benefits through the federal health care partnership Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Department of national Defense (DND) and Health Canada)
- Include Speech-Language and Audiologists in the Canada Student Loan Forgiveness Program
- Introduction of Acoustical Standards for Classrooms in Canada or adoption of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards (US).
- S-LP Services in Canada- need for a national study to better understand — and ultimately improve — the delivery of speech-language pathology services available to children and adolescents.
- To ensure that speech-language pathologists and audiologists are understood for their role in the national early learning system. To be involved in the training and programming of early childhood educators
Regulation
- Be involved in the regulation of over-the counter hearing aids.
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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Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
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Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Health Canada (HC)
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House of Commons
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Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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National Defence (DND)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
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Senate of Canada
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Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
Speech-Language & Audiology Canada (SAC) / Orthophonie et Audiologie Canada is the premiere national association that supports the needs, interests and development of speech-language pathologists, audiologists and communication health assistants across Canada. Speech-language pathologists and audiologists are professionals who evaluate and treat people across the spectrum of life who have speech, language, swallowing, hearing and balance disorders. They may be employed in various settings including schools, hospitals, nursing homes, day cares, and private practice. SAC offers various membership benefits as well as public awareness and advocacy work.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Dawn Wilson,
Chief Executive Officer
Organization's membership or classes of membership
Members are professionals who hold a master's degree in speech-language pathology or audiology or equivalent and have acquired 300 supervised clinical hours.
Associates are students, international, academic, retirees, research/affiliates.
Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.
In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
1000-1 Nicholas Street
Ottawa, ON K1N 7B7
Canada
Telephone number:
613-567-9968
Ext.
261
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Anne Carey,
Director of Speech-Language Pathology |
No public offices held
- Bonnie Cooke,
Director, Audiology |
No public offices held
- Bonnie Kirkwood,
Manager, Government Relations and Advocacy |
No public offices held
- Dawn Wilson,
Chief Executive Officer |
No public offices held
