Past Achievements

Commitment and participation in the SCSC from provinces and territories has been (and remains) crucial to the achievements of Seamless Canada. Significant efforts have been undertaken by all stakeholders to address relocation barriers faced when military families are moved to a new jurisdiction for duty related reasons. Some of the successes to date include:

• All provinces and territories have waived the 90-day waiting period for access to provincial/territorial healthcare. Now all military families become eligible for health cards immediately upon arrival in a new provincial/territorial jurisdiction. Some provinces and territories have application forms that recognize this new status, allowing for early self-identification as a military family. Health card information web pages for Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Saskatchewan all clearly state that the waiting period is waived, and military families are eligible for immediate coverage.
• Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services (CFMWS) has negotiated a telehealth contract via the Maple telemedicine platform, ensuring timely access to virtual care. The Maple service augments what is currently available within the provincial and territorial healthcare systems, improving medical healthcare access for military families. The table below illustrates how many military families have used Maple so far:

Provinces	Consultations
Ontario	4,336
Nova Scotia	2,991
New Brunswick	2,067
Quebec	1,143
Alberta	1,118
British Columbia	565
Manitoba	231
Newfoundland	205
Prince Edward Island	41
Total	12,868

• Autism Speaks Canada has produced a guide for military families, with the aim of helping students with autism spectrum disorder adapt to changes in their learning process.
• The Council of Ministers of Education Canada (CMEC) is updating the Student Transfer Guide to reflect military children, which will provide current information on 13 education systems and secondary education course offerings in each province and territory.
• Seamless Canada raised awareness about Queen’s University research into the posting impacts on adolescent students joining new schooling jurisdictions in Canada.
• DND has a Military Spouse Employment Initiative (MSEI) which provides access to federal public service jobs across the country.
• Work is underway at the federal, provincial, and territorial level, under the Canadian Free Trades Agreement, to reduce the challenges related to credential recognition and re-licensing.