HealthCareCAN is the national voice of healthcare organizations and hospitals across Canada. Our mission is to deliver high-quality products and services to members in support of health system innovation and transformation.
Click on the sections below to learn how HealthCareCAN and its members are working to return Canada to its former status as a world-class health leader.
HealthCareCAN's submission to the Standing Committee on Finance’s Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2025 Federal Budget - Read now!
August 2, 2024
No summer slowdown as HealthCareCAN keeps influencing implementation of budget commitments
July 22, 2024
HealthCareCAN's submission to the federal research granting councils consultation on the creation of a new capstone research funding organization - Read now!
July 17, 2024
HealthCareCAN supports the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority in letter to The Honourable Patty Hajdu
May 24, 2024
Long-awaited Committee report echoes HealthCareCAN recommendations to strengthen children’s health
May 9, 2024
Important new federal budget research investment critical to developing new vision for health research in Canada
April 16, 2024
Fixing health system flaws requires better data sharing and workforce strategies, say health-care experts
February 14, 2024
The federal government is failing Canadian health research - Op-Ed by Paul-Émile Cloutier, president & CEO
February 14, 2024
Advocating for your health in a flooded healthcare system - Interview with Dr. Michael Gardam, Chair of HealthCareCAN's Board of Directors.
January 29, 2024
House Committee advances HealthCareCAN recommendations to increase support for research trainees
January 12, 2024
Let’s make 2024 the year of cybersecurity in Canadian healthcare - by Paul-Émile Cloutier
November 29, 2023
HealthCareCAN advocacy day champions a strong future for health and health research in Canada
October 17, 2023
Research, human resources, infrastructure: Three hospital execs weigh in on where the feds should step in - Article in Hill Times Research
October 17, 2023
The Coalition for Canadian Research Letter to PM Trudeau & Deputy PM Freeland urges increased federal funding for research
October 5, 2023
Federal Cabinet retreat a prime opportunity for strategic push to boost Canadian health research
August 18, 2023
Health care leaders urge premiers to take action now to fix system - Interview with Paul-Émile Cloutier, president & CEO of HealthCareCAN
July 10, 2023
ERs across Canada likely to face rolling closures, long wait times, doctors, nurses warn - iPolitics interview with Paul-Émile Cloutier, president & CEO
June 22, 2023
Improving access to palliative care starts with better data collection - HealthCareCAN op-ed in the Hill Times
May 11, 2023
Experts call on Health Minister Duclos to rise to challenge of health-care system transformation - Interview with Paul-Émile Cloutier, President & CEO
April 24, 2023
HealthCareCAN recommendations to strengthen clinical trials in Canada reflected in CIHR report
April 21, 2023
HealthCareCAN continues to connect with federal health, research and innovation decision-makers
April 4, 2023
HealthCareCAN welcomes Report on the Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System
March 22, 2023
Health research funding in Budget 2023 - HealthCareCAN letter to The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, and The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
March 2, 2023
Submission to the Federal Government’s Consultation on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Compute
Infrastructure / Research & innovation / Year 2024
Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance’s Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2025 Federal Budget
Health human resources / Infrastructure / Patient safety / Pre-budget submissions / Research & innovation / Year 2025
Submission to the federal research granting councils consultation on the creation of a new capstone research funding organization
Research & innovation / Year 2024
Submission to the Standing Committee on Science and Research: Study on The Distribution of Federal Government Funding Among Canada’s Post-Secondary Institutions
Research & innovation / Year 2024
Summary: National standard for cybersecurity in healthcare
Infrastructure / Patient safety / Year 2024
An overview of the Pan-Canadian Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance and global efforts to respond to a major public health threat
Patient safety / Research & innovation / Year 2023
Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance’s Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2024 Federal Budget
Pre-budget submissions / Year 2024
Canada’s healthcare: Promoting transformation of the system
Health human resources / Infrastructure / Long-term care / Mental health / Patient safety / Research & innovation / Year 2023
Submission to the Standing Committee on Science and Research for its Study on the Government of Canada’s Graduate Scholarship and Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programs
Research & innovation / Year 2023
The urgent need to re-imagine older adult care in Canada
Indigenous health / Infrastructure / Long-term care / Patient safety / Year 2023
Measuring Jurisdictional Performance in Homecare and Mental Health Services
Long-term care / Mental health / Year 2023
Submission to the Standing Committee on Science and Research: Study on International Moonshot Programs
Infrastructure / Research & innovation / Year 2023
HealthCareCAN submission to Finance Canada’s 2023 Pre-Budget Consultations
Health human resources / Infrastructure / Long-term care / Mental health / Pre-budget submissions / Research & innovation / Year 2023
Submission to the consultation on building the future of clinical trials at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Research & innovation / Year 2022
Submission to the Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System
Research & innovation / Year 2022
Building a climate-resilient healthcare system: The importance of adaptation & health infrastructure
Infrastructure / Year 2022
Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance: Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2023 Federal Budget
Health human resources / Infrastructure / Long-term care / Mental health / Pre-budget submissions / Research & innovation / Year 2023
Newcomer Access to Professional Interpretation Services in Healthcare
Health human resources / Patient safety / Year 2022
Building a National Standard for Cyber Resiliency in Healthcare
Infrastructure / Patient safety / Year 2022
Fostering inclusion of healthcare providers with disabilities
Health human resources / Mental health / Year 2022
Submission to the Standing Committee on Health: Study on the Emergency Situation Facing Canadians in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Health human resources / Indigenous health / Infrastructure / Long-term care / Mental health / Research & innovation / Year 2022
Submission to the Standing Committee on Health: Study on Children’s Health
Health human resources / Infrastructure / Research & innovation / Year 2022
Submission to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities: Study on Labour Shortages, Working Conditions and the Care Economy
Health human resources / Year 2022
Submission to Finance Canada Consultation in advance of the 2022 Federal Budget
Pre-budget submissions / Year 2022
Submission to the Standing Committee on Science and Research: Study on the Successes, Challenges and Opportunities for Science in Canada
Infrastructure / Research & innovation / Year 2022
Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance’s Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2022 Federal Budget
Pre-budget submissions / Year 2022
Structural Stigma: The invisible barrier to equitable health care
Indigenous health / Mental health / Patient safety / Year 2021
A Better Approach to Rural Health Care: Recommendations from the Rural Road Map for Action
Infrastructure / Patient safety / Year 2021
COVID’s Tragic Toll in Canada’s Long-Term Care Sector Must Lead to Action
Health human resources / Long-term care / Mental health / Year 2021
Working together, to do better: Addressing inequities facing Indigenous people in the health system
Indigenous health / Year 2021
