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Dr. Kirsty Duncan Expenditures 2009-2010
Tuesday June 15, 2010

Financial Disclosure

Based on Preliminary Data from the House of Commons
New study on stroke patients underlines need for Liberal homecare and healthy living plan
Wednesday June 9, 2010
A new study that pegs the cost of care for stroke patients at $2.5 billion in just the first six months shows precisely why Canada needs a comprehensive national strategy for homecare and healthier living, Liberal MPs said today.
Liberals join MS patients on the Hill in call for government action
Tuesday June 1, 2010
While joined by multiple sclerosis patients on Parliament Hill today, Liberal MPs reiterated their call for the Harper government to invest in MS research, diagnosis and treatment, and to immediately convene a meeting of provincial and territorial health ministers to discuss a national approach to funding MS and other diseases of the brain.
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Speech from MS Take-Note Debate
Monday June 14, 2010
 Madam Chair, I rise tonight to advocate on behalf of all Canadians living with multiple sclerosis, who not only have the courage to battle their disease every day but also have the guts and the tenacity to take on a new fight, the fight for diagnosis and treatment of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency, CCSVI.
Request for Emergency Debate on MS and CCSVI
Monday May 10, 2010
Mr. Speaker, I rise to request an emergency debate on an urgent issue of national importance.

    There are 55,000 to 75,000 Canadians who live with multiple sclerosis. Our country has one of the highest rates of the disease in the world. MS is a devastating, unpredictable disease, which affects balance, hearing, memory, mobility and vision. Its affects are physical, emotional, financial and last a lifetime. MS steals futures from families and there is no cure.
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SO31 in remembrance of Dr. Robert Bruce Salter
Thursday June 17, 2010
Mr. Speaker, today I would like to remember Dr. Robert Bruce Salter, a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Sick Children, who passed away peacefully on May 10 with his family by his side.

SO31 on ALS Month
Wednesday June 2, 2010
Mr. Speaker, June is ALS Awareness Month recognizing people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often referred to as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, and their supportive families.
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