Mr. Speaker, November is health month.
Tommy Douglas saw health insurance as a way to keep people healthy, and not only to get them back on their feet again when illness strikes.
November is also the start of flu season.
An estimated 10% to 25% of Canadians may get the flu each year. Although most people recover completely, 4,000 to 8,000 Canadians, mostly seniors, die every year from pneumonia related to flu, and many others die from other serious complications of flu.
Rolling up their sleeves to get a flu shot is the simplest and best way people can protect themselves.
I remind my colleagues here in the House of Commons that they can get their flu shots at the clinic being run tomorrow.
I encourage all Canadians across the country this winter to wash their hands, stay home when they are contagious, and roll up their sleeves to win.