Recent Advocacy

 Position Statements and Practice Points:

• Paediatric compounding and formulations in Canada: A primer for prescribers and call to action for government (May 2025)
• Off-road vehicle use by children and adolescents: Strategies to prevent injury (March 2025) 
•  Literacy in school-aged children: A paediatric approach to advocacy and assessment (October 2024)
• Social media and youth: A call to action (November 2023)
• Access to appropriate interpretation is essential for the health of children (June 2023)

Screen use and digital health:

• Written submission to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: Exploratory consultation on the development of a children's privacy code (August 2025) 
• Canada's Children Privacy Code: Joint submission to the OPC's Exploratory Consultation (August 2025)
• Open Letter on Bill C-63: Online Harms Act (October 2024)

Drugs and therapeutics:

• Response to Alberta COVID-19 Pandemic Data Review Task Force final report (January 2025)
• Canadian Drug Agency and paediatric medicine (January 2024)
• Response to Draft guidance document on submitting pediatric studies and pediatric development plans (August 2023)
• Consultation on improving access to drugs and other health products in Canada (August 2023)

Vaping and cannabis:

• Final report of the Cannabis Act legislative review (February 2024)
• Second legislative review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (November 2023) 
• Cannabis Act legislative review (November 2022)

Mental health: 

• Written response: Roundtable discussion on "Mental Heath, Substance Abuse, and Addiction Parity in Canada across the Lifespan" (September 2024)
• Written submission to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women (November 2022)
• Pre-budget consultation submission (September 2022)

Social determinants of health:

• Regularization and child and youth health (June 2024)
• Written Submission to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology: S-249, National Strategy for the Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence Act (April 2024)
• Increased supports for refugees (January 2024)
• Restricting food advertising primarily directed at children (June 2023) 
• Written submission to SECU: Bill C-21 (March 2023)
• Healthcare for all (March 2023)
• Repealing Section 43 of the Criminal Code: TRC Call to Action 6 (January 2023)

Prioritizing children and youth:

• Jordan's Principle (March 2025)
• Written Submission to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women: Hate Motivated Violence Targeting the 2SLGBTQI+ Community (December 2024)
• Gender-affirming care in Alberta (February 2024)
• Our shared humanity and our collective duty to protect children (November 2023)
• Response to the 2023 federal budget (March 2023)
• Prioritizing child and youth health (January 2023)
• A call to action for Canada's kids (November 2022)