Policy
Shaping the future of Ontario’s primary care.
Our policy work focuses on three priorities: elevating the role of family physicians, improving system structures, and strengthening family practice and primary care.
Policy Content
Restoring Respect & Professional Identity for Family Physicians
The Role & Value of Family Physicians in Ontario: The Keystone of Primary Health Care
Discussion Paper
January 2025
- We are Family Physicians: Not Providers
Quick Reference
December 2025
- Family Physicians: The Keystone of Ontario’s Healthcare
Quick Reference
January 2025
Advancing System Structures for Reform
Building Tools & Structures: Modernizing Specialty Access & Collaboration
Discussion Paper
March 2026
A Primary Care Transformation & Change Approach for Ontario
Discussion Paper
June 2025
Optimizing Primary Care Networks in Ontario
Discussion Paper
September 2024
Strengthening Models of Family Medicine & Primary Care
Team-Based Care to Expand Attachment: SGFP Perspectives
Discussion Paper
October 2025
Access, Attachment & Continuity of Care: None without the other in our Primary Care Reform
Discussion Paper
May 2025
- Continuity of Care: Definitions, Dimensions & System Impact
Quick Reference
November 2025
Transforming Primary Care in Ontario: A Roadmap to Team-Based Care
Discussion Paper
November 2024
Adopting the Patient’s Medical Home
Discussion Paper
September 2024
Discussion Papers
A Primary Care Transformation and Change Approach for Ontario
Access, Attachment & Continuity of Care: None without the other in our Primary Care Reform
The Role & Value of Family Physicians in Ontario: The Keystone of Primary Health Care
Transforming Primary Care in Ontario: A Roadmap to Team-Based Care
Optimizing Primary Care Networks in Ontario
Adopting the Patient’s Medical Home
Family Physicians: The Keystone of Ontario’s Healthcare
This document summarizes key points from the SGFP Keystone Discussion Paper on the value and role of family physicians in Ontario’s healthcare system.
Our Priorities
Advocate for fair compensation, lower administrative burdens, and practice sustainability.
Elevate family doctors as central figures in health care transformation.
Promote innovative system support and care models for more effective patient care.
Support Our Mission
Your contribution empowers SGFP to go beyond meetings and drive real action–funding dedicated advocacy, expert research, and strategic leadership to secure fair compensation, influence healthcare policy, and ensure family physicians’ voices shape the future of primary care in Ontario; choose SGFP as your constituency in your OMA portal today.