Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition with respect to the approval and accessibility of brain cancer treatment and therapies.
The petitioners observe that an estimated 27 Canadians are diagnosed with a brain tumour each day. Canada is years behind the United States in approving new drugs and treatments, and even when new brain cancer therapies are approved, they are not always made equally accessible to patients across the country.
Accordingly, the petitioners call on the Government of Canada to work with the provinces and territories to ensure that drugs, medical devices and new therapies are accessible to brain cancer patients nationwide, and to remove unnecessary red tape so that brain cancer drugs can be approved more quickly.