Mr. Speaker, as we approach March, which is kidney month, I am pleased to present another petition from the now tens of thousands of people in the Peterborough area who have signed a petition in support of people suffering from kidney disease.
They point out that kidney disease is a huge and growing problem in Canada. Real progress is being made in the various ways of preventing and coping with this disease. The petitioners wish to thank those who are involved in making progress with the disease and for the work they do.
They call upon Parliament to encourage the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to explicitly include kidney research as one of the institutes in the system to be named the institute of kidney and urinary tract diseases.