Communication with Governments

Pre-budget recommendations

• 2025 [PDF]
• 2024 [PDF]
• 2023 [PDF]
• 2022  [PDF, 166 KB]
• 2021 [PDF, 145.3 KB]
• 2020 [PDF, 1.3 MB]
• 2019 [PDF, 172.9 KB]

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Parliamentary committees

• Submission to the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (AMAD): briefing on the statutory review of the provisions of the Criminal Code relating to medical assistance in dying and their application. May 2022.
• Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health (HESA): briefing on Canada’s health workforce (jointly with the Canadian Medical Association and the College of Family Physicians of Canada). April 2022.
• Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA): briefing on labour shortages, working conditions, and the care economy. April 2022.
• Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills, and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA) [PDF, 119.3 KB]: Briefing on the Impact of COVID-19 on Seniors (June 2021).
• Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health (HESA) [PDF, 202.7 KB]: Briefing on the Emergency Situation Facing Canadians in Light of the Second Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. November 2020
• Suggested Amendments to the Text of Bill C-7 [PDF, 239.7 KB] (House of Commons submission re. Medical Assistance in Dying) (brief, November 2020)
• Briefing on the Canadian Response to the Outbreak of Coronavirus: Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology [PDF, 181.8 KB] (brief, July 2020)
• Briefing on the Canadian Response to the Outbreak of Coronavirus: Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health [PDF, 179.8 KB] (brief, May 2020)
• Violence Faced by Health-care Workers in Hospitals, Long-term Care Facilities and in Home Care Settings (brief, May 2019)
• Recommendations to the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare, (brief, August 2018)
• Suggested Amendments to the Text of Bill C-45 (Senate submission re. cannabis legalization, May 2018)
• Consultation on Proposed Excise Duty Framework for Cannabis Products (letter to finance minister, December 2017)
• Suggested Amendments to the Text of Bill C-45 (House of Commons submission re. cannabis legalization, August 2017)
• Antimicrobial Resistance in Canada (brief, June 2017)

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Other submissions

• CNA and the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) wrote to all federal, provincial, and territorial governments asking them to work together to combat nurse burnout. January 2022.
• CNA wrote to the prime minister with recommendations to support Canada’s health workforce ahead of the 2022 speech from the throne. October 2021.
• CNA and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) wrote to [PDF, 151.5 KB] prime minister Justin Trudeau and federal ministers regarding the waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organization. June 2021.
• The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) and the Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses (CACCN) wrote to the Prime Minister and all premiers across Canada urging their governments to accelerate action to support critical care nurses during these dire times of the COVID-19 third wave. Read the joint letter. [PDF, 160.5 KB] April 2021.
• 2021 Federal Pre-Budget Consultations: Submission to Finance Canada  [PDF, 224.2 KB] February 2021
• In a letter to prime minister Justin Trudeau and Health Minister Patricia Hajdu, the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) and the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), with the support of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), urge the federal government to immediately reinstate the role of federal chief nursing officer (CNO), with appropriate resources and senior level decision-making responsibility and authority. November 2020.
• CNA wrote a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with recommendations for Canada’s long-term recovery and the upcoming speech from the throne on September 23. August 2020.

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