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New Lyme disease petition urges action plan rewrite

ByCanLyme Team

Richmond Hill Liberal – Kim Zarzour, March 1st, 2017

A new petition asking the Canadian government for a better action plan to combat Lyme disease has been sponsored by Green party Leader Elizabeth May.

May was responsible for the introduction and approval of Bill 442, requiring the government to create an action plan with input from Lyme patients and experts; but, according to the petition, the recently released draft plan did not reflect that collaboration and needs to be rewritten.

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