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C-206 — An Act to establish a national strategy on brain injuries
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C-206
An Act to establish a national strategy on brain injuries
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NDP
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BILL C-206
An Act to establish a national strategy on brain injuries
Last activity : Outside the Order of Precedence
NDP
In progress
Commons · 1st2025-06-10Commons · 2ndCommons · 3rdSenate · 1stSenate · 2ndSenate · 3rdRoyal assent
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What it does, in plain language
- Requires the Minister of Health to develop a national brain injury strategy, in consultation with provinces, Indigenous groups and relevant stakeholders.
- Targets awareness, prevention and treatment of brain injuries, plus rehabilitation and recovery for people living with one.
- Calls for prevention measures, training needs for health professionals, and stronger research and data collection on brain injuries.
- Sets out national guidelines on prevention, diagnosis and management, including recommended standards of care based on best practices.
- Provides financial support to national, provincial and local brain injury associations and service providers to expand mental health resources for patients and families.
- Directs work on related challenges such as mental health, addiction, housing and homelessness, criminality and intimate partner violence.
- Establishes a task force of policy makers, community agencies, Indigenous groups and people with lived experience to make recommendations.
- Sets an 18-month deadline after coming into force to table the strategy in Parliament, online publication within 10 days, and an evaluation report within five years.
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Registered lobbying
12 communications · 1 organization
as of Sep 10, 2026
the 10 most recent +
March of Dimes Canada12
2026-07-15 · House of Commons
March of Dimes Canada
Met with : Ted Falk — Member of the House of Commons
2026-02-04 · House of Commons
March of Dimes Canada
Met with : Rachel Bendayan — Member of Parliament
2026-02-03 · House of Commons
March of Dimes Canada
Met with : Maggie Chi — Member of Parliament, Don Valley North
2026-02-02 · House of Commons
March of Dimes Canada
Met with : Caroline Desrochers — Member of Parliament
2026-02-02 · Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
March of Dimes Canada
Met with : Patty Hajdu — Minister of Jobs and Families · Amen Ben Ahmouda — Policy Advisor
2025-12-03 · House of Commons
March of Dimes Canada
Met with : Maggie Chi — Member of Parliament, Don Valley North
2025-12-02 · Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
March of Dimes Canada
Met with : Eric Nicol — Director
2025-12-02 · House of Commons
March of Dimes Canada
Met with : John Zerucelli — Member of Parliament
2025-12-02 · House of Commons
March of Dimes Canada
Met with : Stephanie McLean — Member of Parliament
2025-12-02 · Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
March of Dimes Canada
Met with : Patty Hajdu — Minister of Jobs and Families
Communications reported to the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying that name this bill. Lobbying is a lawful, publicly registered activity — this count is a fact, not a verdict. Only communications whose description names both the bill number and its title are counted, so the real total may be higher. Registry archive read on September 10, 2026; the Commissioner republishes it about monthly, and we refresh it by hand.
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