Advocacy activities archives

2019

• A brief regarding Bill C-68 as it relates to public health: Gun Control as a Public Health Issue

2017

• Invitation to appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance in view of its study of Bill C-44: An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2017 and other measures.
• Health and the Environment Belong in the Same Box: Why Health Impact Assessments Belong in Environmental Assessments
• Policy Statement in Support of Fruit & Vegetable Consumption

2016

• Letter to Canada’s Minister of Science to consider the value of a Chief Science Officer who has a background in health to help ensure that the Government of Canada consider the health impact of policies across all departments, thereby ensuring a whole of government approach to the health and well-being of Canadians
• A Code Change Request submission to the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes to request the removal of asbestos and asbestos-related materials from Canadian building and plumbing codes.
• Charting the Future of Drug Policy in Canada. Co-hosted with the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
• Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Stewardship:
  • CPHA comments submitted in response to a Public Consultation on Proposed amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations Veterinary Drugs - AMR
  • Participated in an invitational session on AMR stewardship in June 2016 and supports organizations that are well positioned to address this topic such as the Public Health Physicians of Canada
  • CPHA Statement of Concern - 2014

2015

• Open letter to the Ministers of the Environment and of Natural Resources regarding the known toxicity of chrysotile asbestos

2012

• Canadian Network of Public Health Associations writes to Federal Minister of Citizenship and Immigration about changes to benefits provided to refugee claimants under the Interim Federal Health Program
• The Canadian Network of Public Health Associations urged the provincial and territorial First Ministers to consider an enhanced investment in public health in their deliberations around the future federal/provincial/territorial health agreement and in their provincial and territorial health plans and budgets.  See details in the letter to the Council of the Federation.

2011

• CPHA welcomes the Government of Canada's announcement about the release of Action on Weatherill Report Recommendations to Strengthen the Food Safety System: Final Report to Canadians.
  In September 2009, the Government of Canada announced that it would act on all 57 recommendations contained in the Report of the Independent Investigator into the 2008 Listeriosis Outbreak (the Weatherill Report). The Report asked that the Government report back to Canadians on the implementation of the recommendations and their impact on the food safety system.
  
  On December 19, 2011 the Government of Canada released Action on Weatherill Report Recommendations to Strengthen the Food Safety System: Final Report to Canadians. The report focuses on the actions taken by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada to reduce food safety risks, enhance surveillance and early detection and improve emergency response, and it focuses on the impact of these actions on the food safety system.
  
  CPHA welcomes the release of this report. The report is available at www.foodsafety.gc.ca

• Public Health Applauds Supreme Court Decision on Vancouver's Supervised Injection Facility
  CPHA applauds the decision noting that Vancouver's supervised injection facility (Insite) and its essential programs provide a comprehensive approach to address the health needs of people who use injection drugs. CPHA was an intervenor for Insite before the Supreme Court.
  • Supreme Court Judgement
  • CPHA's Factum to the Supreme Court
• Voice your opposition to costly mandatory minimum sentencing
  The federal government of Canada is currently considering Bill S-10, which proposes legislative amendments that, among other things, would introduce mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain drug-related offences. Research clearly demonstrates that mandatory minimum sentences are extremely expensive to the taxpayer and do not meaningfully improve public health and safety nor reduce drug use or crime in our communities. We invite you to join us in supporting evidence-based drug prevention and treatment initiatives and opposing the introduction of costly and ineffective mandatory minimum sentencing legislation.

2010

• CPHA encourages the federal government of Canada to take note of the bold US strategy for tobacco control to inform the renewal of our country's Federal Tobacco Control Strategy.
• CPHA provided comments on the recommendations issued in the (US) National Cancer Institute's report on possible actions to reduce environmental exposure to cancer-causing agents in our environment.
• Canada still one of world's largest exporters of Chrysotile asbestos - joint press release with CMA and NSSCM (PDF: 30k)
• Firearms Control and Injury Prevention: The gun registry is a good investment
  • Press Release (PDF: 20k)
  • Open Letter to MPs (PDF: 202k)
• CPHA Response to the 2010 budget - An Investment in Public Health: An Investment in Canada's Future Prosperity (PDF: 18k)

2009

• Growing up well - Priorities for a Healthy Future: CPHA's review of the 2009 Report by the Chief Public Health Officer on the State of Public Health in Canada (PDF: 32k)
• Toward an Environmentally Responsible Canadian Health Sector (PDF: 735k)
• The Canadian Public Health Association Responds to Budget 2009

2008

• CPHA's Response to the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health (PDF: 416k)
  CPHA congratulates the World Health Organization on the release of the report of the Commission on the Social Determinants of Health. The report demonstrates that differences in health outcomes are shaped by the broad conditions in which we live and work.
  • More (PDF: 416k)
  • Read the full report
• CPHA supports the Supreme Court of British Columbia's ruling
• CPHA response to the Chief Public Health Officer's Report
• Budget 2008: A passing grade for the public's health?

2002

• A Fine Balance: A Public Health Perspective on Health System Reform