Government promises

Respond to the Supreme Court of Canada decision regarding physician-assisted death.

Sign new Health Accord with the provinces and territories.

Increase rates of vaccination.

Introduce plain packaging requirements for tobacco products.

Create greater links between our elite athletes and young Canadians to promote health and achievement among youth.

Develop a food policy that promotes healthy living and safe food.

Legalize and strictly regulate cannabis.

Raise awareness on concussion treatment.

Update and expand the Nutrition North program.

Develop a coordinated national action plan on post-traumatic stress disorder.

Develop a suicide prevention strategy for Canadian Armed Forces personnel and Veterans.

Implement Canada's ban on asbestos.

Introduce restrictions on the commercial marketing of unhealthy food and beverages to children.

Bring in tougher regulations to eliminate trans fats and reduce salt in processed foods.

Improve food labels to give more information on added sugars and artificial dyes.

Ensure safety and non-discrimination in blood donation policies.

Facilitate collaboration on an organ and tissue donation and transplantation system that gives Canadians timely and effective access to care.

Ensure Canada's response to the current opioid crisis is robust, well-coordinated and effective.

Ensure Canada has a solid surveillance system for monitoring and reporting overdoses and deaths related to opioids.

Review Canada's framework for dealing with public health emergencies.

Curb opioid misuse by introducing prescribing guidelines, tracking prescriptions at the patient level, and increasing transparency in marketing and promotion of therapies.

Ensure communities can introduce effective opioid treatments and programs.

Promote the *Canada Health Act* to make absolutely clear that extra-billings and user fees are illegal and reporting is improved.

Develop a new self-governed approach to delivering health services to Indigenous peoples and reduce health inequities between Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians.

Better support Canadian athletes through the Athlete Assistance Program.

Eliminate all long-term drinking water advisories on public systems on reserve by March 2021.

Improve the delivery of child welfare and health care under Jordan's Principle to focus on the best interests of the child.

Build on federally supported programs that support the needs of seniors and their families to promote healthy aging.

Engage with stakeholders and parliamentarians on ways to address dementia.

Represent the Government of Canada at the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Seniors Forum.

Consider options for how best to move forward with the implementation of national pharmacare.

New Health Accord supports the delivery of more and better home care services.

New Health Accord advances pan-Canadian collaboration on health innovation.

New Health Accord improves access to necessary prescription medications.

New Health Accord makes high quality mental health services available.