Madam Speaker, I am pleased to present yet another petition on cerebrospinal venous insufficiency.
Last week I was joined by Dr. Mark Haacke, Dr. David Hubbard and Dr. Sandy McDonald, leading researchers in CCSVI in North America. We asked the government to ensure proper health care is not refused to a patient who has chosen to seek or has obtained the liberation procedure outside Canada, to provide funding to undertake clinical trials for the liberation procedure in multiple centres across Canada, and to track patients who have received the liberation therapy whether inside or outside Canada.
The petitioners call for a nationwide clinical trial with diagnosis, treatment and follow up for MS patients.