Mr. Speaker, in 1985 my constituent, Johanne Decarie, became infected with the HIV virus as a result of a blood transfusion which she received while giving birth to her twin daughters. Mrs. Decarie later infected her husband and a subsequent daughter born to her now has full blown AIDS. My constituent qualified for the federal assistance package and the provincial one as well but her husband and child do not qualify because they are indirect victims.
I call upon our Minister of Health to amend the federal compensation package in order to permit these two victims of the blood scandal to be compensated. At the very least the child born with this disease should qualify and should receive these benefits.