Mr. Speaker, for more than 60 years the Canadian Cancer Society has tried to eradicate cancer and sought to better the lives of people living with cancer.
The Canadian Cancer Society is the single largest funder of cancer research in Canada and provides support to thousands of the best scientists across Canada who are working on research that continues to prevent cancer, change treatment methods and improve patient survival rates.
The victories and the fight against cancer is not over. In 1998 129,200 Canadians were diagnosed with cancer and 62,700 died from cancer.
Please join me in wishing the Canadian Cancer Society and its volunteers success in fundraising activities during the April campaign month.