Mr. Speaker, over the past month I have had the opportunity to partner with the Amar Karma Organ Donation Society and founder Loveen Gill on a special campaign to highlight the need for organ donors across our country.
The Amar Karma Organ Donation Society is Canada's first South Asian non-profit organization that has pledged to provide education on organ donation and encourage Canadians to become organ donors.
More than 1500 people are on the transplant wait list in Ontario alone, and the need far exceeds the number of registered donors.
A single donor can save up to 8 lives and enhance up to 75 others.
I would like to thank all of the Amar Karma volunteers who worked tirelessly to encourage Canadians to become involved in this extraordinary cause.
The success of this campaign has showed us all that together we can make a difference.