Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to inform the House that May 10 to 16 is National Nursing Week. The theme is “Older Persons and Nurses—Partners for Healthy Aging” emphasizing the pivotal role nurses play in the delivery of safe quality health care.
Nurses have long played an important role in providing quality health care and in promoting the development of more appropriate health care service delivery systems. Today there are 260,000 registered nurses in Canada whose commitment, dedication and caring services touch every aspect of our lives.
This year, the International Year of Older Persons, the Canadian Nurses Association will be highlighting available resources and raising public awareness for the needs of our aging population.
This week and every week let us give our nurses the appreciation and respect they deserve.
Thanks to all the nurses in Canada and congratulations to them for them invaluable contribution.