Bill C-545 (Historical)

Continuing Care for Canadians Act

An Act respecting the provision of continuing care to Canadians

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Oct. 31, 2013
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment requires the Minister of Health to create an advisory committee for the purpose of establishing common standards applicable to the delivery of continuing care services and provides for the Government of Canada to pay a cash contribution in respect of the delivery of such services to each province and territory in accordance with criteria established by the committee. It also requires the Minister to conduct a national assessment of the needs of Canadians in terms of continuing care services.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-545s:

C-545 (2010) Poverty Elimination Act

C-545 (2008) An Act to amend the Textile Labelling Act

Continuing Care for Canadians ActRoutine Proceedings

October 31st, 2013 / 12:15 p.m.

NDP

Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-545, An Act respecting the provision of continuing care to Canadians.

Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to stand in the House today to introduce my bill, an act respecting the provision of continuing care to Canadians.

First of all, I would like to thank my colleague, the member of Parliament for Timmins—James Bay, for seconding the bill and for introducing his excellent motion on palliative care.

Palliative care and continuing care are critical issues to Canadians. There is a strong national consensus from academics, health professionals, and the public that we are sadly lacking in a pan-Canadian plan for continuing care, including home care, long-term care, respite care, and palliative care.

That is what the bill is about. It would establish pan-Canadian standards for best practices in continuing care, caregiver support, training, infrastructure, and affordability. It would ensure that the federal government would play a key role in a collaborative process with the provinces and the territories to meet the needs of Canadians who need home care, long-term care, or palliative care in a timely and accessible way.

I am very proud of the work that went into this comprehensive bill. It lays out a clear, achievable, and equitable direction to establish a critical program for continuing care and would ensure funding for continuing care services in Canada.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)