✔︎ Bill C-284, National Strategy for Eye Care Act

Bill

Bill C-284, An Act to establish a national strategy for eye care

Vote

Yea.

Rationale

More than eight million Canadians have one of four common eye diseases and are at serious risk of losing their vision. A national strategy for eye care would lay out a common direction and shared leadership for governments and stakeholders to work together to address vision loss. It would establish a mechanism for efforts towards coordinated action on eye care to reduce duplication across jurisdictions and maximize the collective impact of efforts to prevent and manage eye diseases across the country. In addition, it could provide Indigenous peoples and organizations with an opportunity to engage in an FPT strategy, including consideration for a distinctions-based approach. The Government will also designate and promote February as “Age-Related Macular Degeneration Month”. Awareness about eye health and the risks of eye disease is a key tool we need to leverage to make sure Canadians have the information they need to preserve their vision for the long term. Supporting Bill C-284 demonstrates the Government’s commitment to reducing the significant burden of vision loss.

Passed.

Bill Status

At second reading in the Senate