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2025 CMPA Annual Meeting

Event format
In-person and online

Voting
In-person and online

No cost
Free for members

Registration is open

CMPA members are invited to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting in person in Toronto, Ontario or online. To vote or ask questions, membership must be active on August 20, 2025.

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Agenda

All times listed in Eastern Time

Networking Lunch (in-person attendees) - 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. ET

Annual Meeting - 2:00 – 4:15 p.m. ET

Meet the speakers

  • Opening remarks and call to order
  • Traditional opening by an elder
  • A year in review
  • 2024 Report of the Audit Committee
  • 2024 Financial report
  • 2026 Regional fee requirements
  • 2025 Council election results
  • Q&A for members

Supporting materials

Break - 10 minutes

  • By-law review
    • Information session, discussion, and Q&A
    • Member vote on motion, as follows:
      Whereas at the 2024 Annual Meeting, CMPA members passed a motion approving the Report to Members on the Governance Review as the basis for implementing the governance model described in the Report. The Report included the following recommendations:
      • Progressively decrease Council size to 15-25 total to enhance agility in the rapidly evolving environment
      • Create single nomination process to advance access to nomination and continue with regional elections to increase transparency and encourage strong candidates from across Canada
      • Enhance diversity and skills by allowing Council to appoint up to 4 member physicians to Council when needed and create 12-year term limits
      • Ensure the Council includes an appropriate number of family physicians, specialists, and other physicians
      • Consider ancillary by-law changes related to procedural and structural issues, as well as some housekeeping amendments
      And Whereas Council has developed proposed revisions to the current CMPA By-law to implement these recommendations and that those changes are reflected in the draft By-law No. 53.
      • It is proposed that CMPA By-law No. 53 be approved, and that the Association shall take the necessary steps to bring CMPA By-law No. 53 into force.
    • Member motion (pending approval of the proposed By-law 53), as follows:
      Be it resolved that if proposed By-law 53 is passed, that the Association’s Nominating Committee consider ensuring (a) that implicit bias is minimized by nominating as many Board applicants who meet the required qualifications as reasonably possible; (b) that transparency and trust in the nominations is created by providing specific and targeted feedback to Members who applied but were not nominated, and releasing (upon Member request) the number of candidates who applied; and (c) that diversity of opinion is respected by also nominating applicants who may have differing opinions than the Association’s prevailing viewpoint at the time. Furthermore, the Association is encouraged to consider maximizing the number of eligible applicants to the Board by ensuring that the required qualifications are not so specific and burdensome so as to exclude a large percentage of the Membership.
  • Looking to the future
  • Closing remarks

Supporting materials

Reception (in-person attendees) - 4:15 – 4:45 p.m. ET

A few things you may want to know

  • In accordance with its by-law, the CMPA holds an Annual Meeting. Attendance at the meeting is generally restricted to members and invited guests.
  • Simultaneous English/French translation will be available and all documentation will be provided in both official languages.
  • In order to vote and ask questions, CMPA membership must be active on August 20.
  • The CMPA is committed to being responsive to the diverse needs of its members. Members with accessibility needs are asked to please contact the Association in advance of the meeting.
  • The Annual Meeting will be recorded. Your attendance in person will constitute consent to potentially appear in this media.
  • The recorded webcast from the Annual Meeting will be posted on the CMPA website by the end of September.
  • It is prohibited, without authority of the CMPA, to record any portion of the Annual Meeting (including presentations, supporting audiovisual material, posters, and displays), whether by video, audio, photography, or any other mechanism.

How to initiate a motion for consideration at a CMPA Annual Meeting

Details on how to bring a motion forward for consideration at future annual meetings follows:

Members who wish to initiate a motion at an upcoming annual meeting are governed by rules and procedures, ensuring a consistent and fair process.

If you would like to bring forward a motion for consideration, complete and sign the Notice of Motion form and Member Support for Notice of Motion form and submit to the CMPA via fax, mail, or personal delivery, or send a scanned PDF file via email to [email protected] at least 60 days prior to the annual meeting. Members are encouraged to contact us for further information or to discuss a draft motion prior to submitting it.

Future Annual Meetings

August 19, 2026 | Calgary, Alberta

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