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There’s more awareness of tick-borne illnesses and promising research but progress has been slow.
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, and you are invited to join CanLyme in the second part of The Quiet Epidemic global impact campaign on Sunday, 28 May @ 2.00pm EDT (11.00am PDT / 12.00pm MDT / 3.00pm ADT) This one-hour live Q&A discussion with a panel of Lyme experts and patient voices will address…
“She describes how she first learned about the severity of Lyme disease when speaking to a woman from Pictou, Nova Scotia who required a wheelchair for mobility. After moving to British Columbia, Elizabeth met others who were experiencing life-altering illness due to the tick-borne diseases.” Listen to podcast
This is a private member’s Bill put before parliament that looks like it will pass into law as a result of all party support. A private member’s Bill can only ask for limited action. It cannot ask government to commit money for example. This Bill was written to be the best it could be within…
March 4th, 2014, On March 3rd, 2014 in Canada’s House of Commons, Elizabeth May brought her private member’s Bill C-442, the National Lyme Disease Strategy Act, to the floor for second reading. It has support across all parties. The one point that CanLyme has received many emails and phone calls about in the past 24…
Green leader pushes bill to deal with Lyme disease Nova Scotia, Feb 26th, 2014, New Glasgow News, Adam MacInnis On Monday Bill C-442, which first received first reading in June 2012, will finally appear for second reading in Parliament. If it passes, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May believes it could improve how Lyme disease is…
Summary and Opinion on Bill C-442, “An Act respecting a National Lyme Disease Strategy” Lyme disease (borreliosis) can be contracted in any part of Canada through migratory birds that transplant ticks randomly. The ticks themselves are establishing populations more and more frequently across Canada with ever increasing rates of infection with Lyme disease. A national…
by Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada I know a health policy briefing should touch on all areas of health policy. We have critical issues ahead as we work to protect universal access to top-notch health care, reduce wait-times and drug costs, and meet the growing challenges of an aging population. The deficits in our…
