Multiple Sclerosis   approaches to move things forward on CCSVI. It cannot be a debate about whether or not to move forward. It has to be a debate around how to move forward, how to move forward as quickly as possible, ensuring due diligence. I used the analogy of a flood or a fire. Professionals do

Multiple Sclerosis   and a cousin who suffer from MS and I know they are hopeful that CCSVI will be all that it has been made out to be. The member alluded to the need to ensure that the treatment is effective and that we do our diligence in an expedited manner to do that research. I want him to comment

Multiple Sclerosis  Mr. Chair, it is clear from the attention that CCSVI treatment has received in the media, from the debate this evening and from the interventions by my colleagues on all sides of the House that this treatment does provide hope. It has provided more hope than I have seen

Multiple Sclerosis   of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency treatments, or CCSVI. This is the right time to focus our efforts on the potential of this procedure which appears to be one of the most hopeful and positive developments to occur in the treatment of MS. While health policies must clearly

Multiple Sclerosis  Mr. Chair, CCSVI is a treatment, not a disease, so the member is kind of confusing the two issues. It is a treatment procedure, as she well knows, that has been used in Europe and it appears to have great potential. I personally believe, and I do not think I am being over

Multiple Sclerosis   is that we do not wait for the electrician to fix the plumbing. Does the member not agree that we should be treating CCSVI differently, as a separate illness from MS?

Multiple Sclerosis   the treatment so far...how well they are doing, and improving daily. What will the member commit to doing to ask his government to help move this procedure, the diagnosis and treatment of CCSVI along? A few years ago a drug that has now been removed was fast-tracked. What will he commit

Multiple Sclerosis   is that I have to watch, knowing there is nothing I can do. But from the results on CCSVI treatment, I think maybe I can. Maybe if I write this letter on behalf of me and my younger brother and sister, we'll at least know that we could have contributed to a difference. I want

Multiple Sclerosis   treatment? MS patients are at high risk of CCSVI. That disqualifies them from treatment, even from private clinics. How does that give people hope, when it is available to others who may have that? How does it give them hope if they are denied, saying it is a provincial responsibility

Multiple Sclerosis   and the minister has not even mentioned it. Does the member believe that the evidence is already here that MS patients are at high risk of developing CCSVI, and that treatment as well as research can coexist? A government that simply stands here and delivers cases of platitudes, and says

Multiple Sclerosis  Madam Chair, we talk about research and the needs of the patients but we are here not only to push the envelope on what needs to happen for people with MS, but, more important, for people with CCSVI. Whether they have MS or not, they should have access to diagnosis and treatment

Multiple Sclerosis   to remove blockages in cranial veins in MS patients are encouraging. There are however, several key areas for investigation. As well, the MS societies in Canada and the U.S. have called the early findings surrounding CCSVI exciting and intriguing, but have said that more research

Multiple Sclerosis   in research on MS specifically. This new CCSVI is promising. I worked as a chiropractor for two decades and my patients who had this devastating disease were constantly looking for new hope and new treatments. Could the hon. member comment on how the system works? In order to receive CIHR

Multiple Sclerosis  Madam Chair, that is not what I said at all. We absolutely need more research. In fact, I put 50 questions on the order paper that need to be thought about by the government to protect people today and going forward. The big problem is right now there is no diagnosis for CCSVI

Multiple Sclerosis  , the required jurisdiction and the constitutional power to ensure that those funds are spent efficiently, fairly and consistent with charter values. I again ask that the minister convene her provincial and territorial counterparts and look at how we diagnose and treat CCSVI.