Table 2 Key national HPC events
1991 | -Canadian Palliative Care Association deemed a national charitable organization |
1995 | - Release of the Senate Committee report Of Life and Death |
2000 | - Release of the Subcommittee of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology report Quality End of Life Care: The Right of Every Canadian (commonly referred to as Carstairs' report) |
2001 | - Secretariat on Palliative and End-of-Life Care established; Senator Carstairs appointed as federal Minister with Special Responsibility for Palliative Care |
| Â | - Canadian Palliative Care Association changes to Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association |
2002 | - Release of the Kirby report The Health of Canadians- The Federal Role |
| Â | - Release of the Romanow report Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada |
2004 | - Primary Care Health Transition Fund begins & funds Pallium project (rural palliative care) |
| Â | - Compassionate Care Benefit enacted |
2006 | - Primary Health Care Transition Fund ends (Pallium enters evaluation phase) |
2007 | - Secretariat on Palliative and End-of-Life Care disbanded |