Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present this petition regarding CCSVI. Conservative senators are refusing to hear from those who have MS. Can anyone imagine a committee silencing a cancer patient, a heart patient or someone living in poverty? Why, then, are MS patients being

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present this petition regarding CCSVI. The petitioners say that the Conservative Senators are refusing to hear from those who have MS. They cannot imagine a committee refusing to hear from a cancer patient, a heart patient or someone living

Health  Mr. Speaker, the truth is that our government recognizes the difficulties and the heartbreak faced by the thousands of MS patients and their families across Canada. We have been clear all along that we are committed to funding a clinical trial for CCSVI once all the necessary

Questions on the Order Paper   them for complications of a treatment received abroad”; (b) why did the Scientific Expert Working Group state that “media reports that have stated that Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients who experience complications after Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) treatment

Health committee  CCSVI is a medical procedure. My group in my branch is responsible for approving different products. If a product was to be used and manufacturers wanted to come forward and advertise their product for use in a procedure such as CCSVI, they would have to come through us. To date

Health committee  Well, if we look at Tysabri, we fast-tracked a drug knowing that it caused a fatal brain infection. I see a real dichotomy between the way CCSVI has been treated and the way Tysabri has been treated. I have spoken to the researcher who created the molecule. If we go back

Multiple Sclerosis  . There is research ongoing to find a cure, funded in part by the Ministry of Health and the MS Society. My brother, who is 60, is not confident that a cure will be found in his lifetime. He and others are upset with how the investigation into CCSVI, a possible therapy, is going. There are issues

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee   observed this kind of syndrome and have correlated the association of this CCSVI with a neurodegenerative disorder called multiple sclerosis. We describe it in the original group of patients in which we found a very strong association in 100% of people, and in our experience we've found

Multiple Sclerosis   cerebrospinal venous insufficiency, CCSVI. I have personally called, emailed, or met 1,000 MS patients and their families across this country. I have been touched by each and every one, and I am proud to know these extraordinary people. I understand that this next four hours may determine

Business of Supply   hunger”. In addition to serving my riding, I have the privilege of serving thousands of Canadians living with devastating multiple sclerosis, who bravely fight their disease each day and fight for clinical trials for CCSVI, as well as all those living with a brain disease, disorder

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present this petition regarding CCSVI. Today marks 1 year, 87 days since the government promised clinical trials, and still there is no action. In this time we will potentially have lost another 480 people to devastating multiple sclerosis and those

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition is regarding CCSVI. The petitioners call for the Minister of Health to consult experts actively engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of CCSVI to undertake a phase III clinical trial on an urgent basis at multiple centres across Canada

House debate  Madam Speaker, Canadians living with multiple sclerosis are fighting their disease and fighting for clinical trials for the new liberation procedure for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency, or CCSVI. We had a parliamentary subcommittee on neurological disease that heard

Multiple Sclerosis  Mr. Speaker, today, Macleans's magazine published the article, “The Silent Treatment”, an exposé of the government's mishandling of CCSVI. It details explosive conflicts of interest, politics over science, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research admitting, “We had

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, with respect to Health Canada, questions related to the treatment and diagnosis of chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency, CCSVI, are of a clinical nature and are best directed toward the provinces and territories and their respective physician associations