Our Advocacy
Championing Family Physician Excellence
The CFPC calls for more support in Ottawa
Family medicine is the backbone of our health system. View our advocacy in action.
The CFPC Stands Up for Family Doctors and Family Medicine
We call on the federal government to recognize the unique, irreplaceable, and foundational value of family doctors to the health care system. Our public poll confirms: There is no substitute for a family doctor.
Read our statements on the value of family physicians:
Our Prescription for Primary Care
Prescription for Primary Care—a bold national plan to rebuild primary care and support sustainable team-supported family medicine.
Discover the prescriptionFamily Medicine Priorities for Action
The federal government must invest in family medicine and deliver on its election campaign promises:
- Reduce administrative burden by reforming the Disability Tax Credit form
- Funding long-term adoption of AI scribes
- Financial support for setting up new family practices
Read our call-to-action to support these immediate priorities.
Government Relations
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Pre-Budget Submission 2026: Strengthening family medicine across Canada
The CFPC’s submission to the federal government outlines funding actions to support family doctors. This includes funding to reduce administrative burden, advance digital health interoperability, and strengthen community-based family medicine training. Read the full submission.
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Leveraging AI Scribes to Support Family Doctors
The CFPC is calling on the federal government to honour its pledge to reduce administrative burden by fully funding AI scribes and passing supportive legislation like Bill S-5, the Connected Care for Canadians Act, and the proposed Artificial Intelligence Data Act.
Access the key points brief.
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CFPC and BCCFP call for collaboration, not substitution, in a joint response to BC Government’s proposed scopes of practice changes
In partnership with the British Columbia College of Family Physicians, the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) submitted a response to the BC government’s consultation on expansion of health professional scopes of practices. The CFPC opposes expansion of scopes that leads to more fragmented care, strains existing system resources, and adds administrative burden to family doctors’ work. Read the submission.
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Submission on proposed changes to certain psychologists’ scope of practice to advance access to certain mental health services in Ontario
In partnership with the Ontario College of Family Physicians, the CFPC responded to the Ontario government’s consultation on increasing certain psychologists’ scope of practice.
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Pre-Budget Consultation 2025
The CFPC’s latest pre-budget submission to the federal government outlines key funding actions to support family medicine across Canada. Read the submission.
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Pre-Budget Submission 2025
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Physician compensation agreements across Canada
Learn about recent physician agreements and how they improve the family medicine practice environment.
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Pre-Budget Submission: Budget 2024
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2024 Patient’s Medical Home Symposium, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2026
2025
2024
Position Statements
2026
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Valuing family medicine through the use of proper terminology
The CFPC urges health leaders to consistently use “family physician” or “family doctor” when referring to specialist physicians trained in family medicine. Accurate terms recognize their distinct clinical and medical skill sets, and their foundational role in Canada’s health care system. Read the full statement.
2025
2024
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Statement on the Value of Family Physicians
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CFPC Supports Senate Report on International Medical Graduate integration
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The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Statement
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Family Medicine and AI
Read our statement outlining guiding principles and ethical considerations for the development, usage, and governance of AI technologies in Family Medicine.
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CFPC Statement on Gender-Affirming Care
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We need health system solutions now: CMA, CFPC
Medical organizations call on governments to reimagine primary care to help stabilize, rebuild health systems. Read our statement.
Policy Papers
2026
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Leveraging AI Scribes to Support Family Doctors
The CFPC is calling on the federal government to honour its pledge to reduce administrative burden by fully funding AI scribes and passing supportive legislation like Bill S-5, the Connected Care for Canadians Act, and the proposed Artificial Intelligence Data Act.
Access the key points brief.
Read the full report.
2025
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CFPC Brief: Family physician panel sizes in Canada
The CFPC provides an overview of patient panels for family physicians across Canada and offers recommendations for policy-makers on setting appropriate benchmarks. Read the brief.
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CFPC public poll confirms - There is no substitute for a family doctor
CFPC-commissioned survey confirms that patients see great value in the care provided by family doctors.
2024
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Grassroots PMH practices boost access, quality
New report about select family practices that self-led creating their interprofessional primary care teams.
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Grassroots Development of Interprofessional Primary Care Teams in Canada
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Read the full report
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Value and Volume of Family Physician Services
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Related Resources
The CFPC works with elected officials and federal decision makers in these offices about policy issues of importance to family medicine:
The CFPC also serves as a resource for provincial Chapters.
