Mr. Speaker, today I had the honour of meeting one of my young constituents who came to Parliament Hill on a very special mission.
Brodie has juvenile diabetes. Every day he must have injections of insulin to survive. Brodie is part of the Kids for a Cure delegation, a group of youngsters from all across Canada who have travelled to Ottawa to deliver the message that with more research and more funds, a cure is possible.
Researchers from Canada are part of conducting very promising research that could lead to cure therapies, but this research can only succeed with continued funding.
I come from a family where this disease exists and I hope that my grandchildren never get it. I certainly hope for a cure for Brodie. Let us make that our mission. Let us accept the mission and let us contribute generously to juvenile diabetes research.