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

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

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

The Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA) is pleased to announce the inauguration of its new president, Dr. Georgina Zahirney, at its annual conference, last week in Quebec City.
September 27, 2019

Canadian psychiatrists welcome recent election promises for mental health care
The Canadian Psychiatric Association welcomes commitment by the Liberal Party of Canada to increase federal investments in health care, particularly its promise to set national standards for access to mental health services.
September 26, 2019

Cutting edge science and system innovation in mental health at the 2019 Canadian Psychiatric Association Conference
More than 250 leaders in the field of psychiatry and mental health will be in Québec City to present new research on psychiatry, clinical practice and patient care at the Canadian Psychiatric Association’s (CPA) 69th Annual Conference. With over 1,000 mental health professionals in attendance, this annual event is the largest psychiatric conference in Canada.
September 9, 2019

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

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

Letter to the Minister of Health re: Making Mental Health a Priority in Health Accord Negotiations
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)
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)
to the Minister of Health
April 11, 2016

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
to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
August 6, 2015

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
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
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