The Canadian Cancer Society was registered this past week by Alexandra Hilkene and Tea Cirovic, both consultants with Enterprise Canada for a myriad of lobbying goals. The primary focus of their efforts was on advocating for the development & implementation of measurable standards to ensure access to quality PC, including a plan for consistent data collection & Ontario adopt a comprehensive PC framework fully funded, monitored, evaluated with clear indicators. They also continued their advocacy efforts related to job protections for Ontarians living & working with cancer & their caregivers as well as public health outcomes from tobacco settlement, e-cigarette measures to reduce youth vaping, increases to tobacco/vaping taxes, measures to combat untaxed tobacco, smoke-free housing, cost-recovery fee on the tobacco industry, comprehensive Smoke Free Ontario Strategy, Age 21 & smoke-free generation. Additional advocacy efforts were devoted to healthy public policies, including prevention of occupational cancers, initiatives that promote healthy eating & behaviours, expanding HPV vaccination policies to broader population as well as policies that promote cancer prevention, support people living with the disease & their caregivers, advance cancer research etc.
New Registrations
Since September 20th, EFS-plastics Inc. and Carfax Canada were the most registered organizations with 4 unique registrations made on each of their behalfs. All remaining organizations had no more than 3 unique registrations.