Mr. Speaker, may I remind the House that this week is prostate cancer awareness week.
As colleagues may be aware, prostate cancer now has the highest rate of occurrence for newly diagnosed forms of cancer in Canadian men, after non-melanoma skin cancer. It is also the second most common cause of cancer deaths.
During this decade the incidence of the disease has risen at an unusually high rate. The lives and health of many Canadian men and their loved ones will be affected by this cancer and by interventions of screening and treatment.
Greater awareness about prostate cancer and more research into ways to prevent and treat this disease are needed.
I commend the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Prostate Cancer Network for their continuing work in helping to combat this disease.