Briefs
2024
Bill S-249, An Act respecting the development of a National Strategy for the Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence
A submission to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Apr. 26, 2024
CPA Pre-Budget Submission 2024
A submission to the Department of Finance Canada
Feb. 9, 2024
2023
CPA Brief on Medical Assistance in Dying
A submission to the Special Joint Committee On Medical Assistance In Dying
Nov. 15, 2023
CPA Pre-Budget Submission 2024
A submission to the Standing Committee on Finance
Aug. 4, 2023
Emerging Treatments for Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Veterans Suffering From Operational Stress Injuries
A submission to the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs of the Senate Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs
Mar. 22, 2023
CPA 2023 Pre-Budget Submission
A submission to the Department of Finance Canada
February 3, 2023
2022
CPA 2023 Pre-Budget Submission
A submission to the House of Commons Standing Committtee on Finance
October 8, 2022
Statutory Review of the Provisions of the Criminal Code Relating to Medical Assistance in Dying and their Application
A letter to the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying
Jul. 21, 2022
Statutory Review of the Provisions of the Criminal Code Relating to Medical Assistance in Dying and their Application
A written brief to the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying
May 9, 2022
CPA 2022 Pre-Budget Submission
A submission to the Department of Finance Canada
Feb. 25, 2022
2020
Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)
A Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Nov. 23, 2020
Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)
A Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
Nov. 12, 2020
CPA 2021 Pre-Budget Consultation Brief
A Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
Aug. 7, 2020
CPA urges Senate committee to address unmet needs in the mental health system
A Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
June 3, 2020
2018
Bill C-83: An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and another Act
A submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security
November 19, 2018
Child and Youth Mental Health in Canada
A submission to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
October 17, 2018
CPA 2019 Pre-Budget Consultation Brief
A submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
Aug. 3, 2018
2017
Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness in the Correctional System
A submission to the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights
November 1, 2017
Our First Wealth Must Be Mental Health…
A submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
August 4, 2017
2016
Letter to the Minister of Health re: Making Mental Health a Priority in Health Accord Negotiations
Submitted to the Federal Minister of Health
October 14, 2016
Letter re: CPA interim response to Report of the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Death (PAD)
Submitted to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
April 11, 2016
Letter re: CPA interim response to Report of the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Death (PAD)
Submitted to the Minister of Health
April 11, 2016
2015
Preliminary Remarks on Physician-Assisted Death
Presented to the External Panel on Options for a Legislative Response to Carter v. Canada
November 5, 2015
CPA 2015 Pre-Budget Consultation Brief
Submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
August 6, 2015
2014
Psychiatry in Motion: A Submission to the Advisory Panel on Health Innovation
December 5, 2014
Letter to the federal government requesting it not appeal the Federal Court decision to strike down the cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program
Submitted to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
October 7, 2014
CPA 2015 Pre-Budget Consultation Brief
Submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
August 6, 2014
Presentation by Dr. Roger Bland for the study, Best Practices and Federal Barriers: Practice and Training of Healthcare Professionals
Presented to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health
April 10, 2014
Brief on Bill C-54, The Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act
Submitted to the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
March 26, 2014
Letter from CPA and the Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, responding to the recommendation of the Ontario coroner’s inquiry into the death of Ashley Smith
Submitted to the Minister of Public Safety, Steven Blaney
February 4, 2014
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