Health

40th PARLIAMENT, 3rd SESSION
UNEDITED HANSARD • NUMBER 026
OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD)
Thursday, April 15, 2010

Bill C-508. Introduction and first reading

Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North, NDP) moved for leave to introduce Bill C-508, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (genetic characteristics).

She said: Mr. Speaker, I am pleased and honoured to introduce this bill to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act in order to protect Canadians from discrimination on the basis of their genetic characteristics.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 14, 2010

NDP MOVES TO OUTLAW GENETIC DISCRIMINATION

OTTAWA -- New Democrat Health Critic Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North) today introduced a bill in Parliament to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of a person`s genetic characteristics.

40th PARLIAMENT, 3rd SESSION
UNEDITED HANSARD • NUMBER 021
OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I am pleased and honoured to present a petition signed by many people from Manitoba who are very concerned about funding for the healing programs under the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. They are very worried because that funding comes to an end today.

40th PARLIAMENT, 3rd SESSION
UNEDITED HANSARD • NUMBER 021
OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North, NDP): Mr. Speaker, the insincerity of the Conservatives' commitment to battling AIDS has reached new depths. We are now hearing that the government is planning to cut $10 million as of today in funding for the international initiative, something former UN AIDS envoy Stephen Lewis has called unconscionable.

40th PARLIAMENT, 3rd SESSION
UNEDITED HANSARD • NUMBER 009
OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD)
Thursday, March 18, 2010

Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North, NDP): Mr. Speaker, tuberculosis rates among aboriginal Canadians are skyrocketing at levels higher than many third world countries. This is a national emergency that needs an urgent plan of action and yet the government has no plan, not even on first nations reserves for which it has clear constitutional responsibility.

As passed by the Standing Committee on Health, March 11 2010:

It was agreed, — That the Committee review the government's decision to cancel its commitment to create an HIV Vaccine manufacturing facility through the Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative and explore the possible link between ICID (International Centre for Infections Diseases) and the level 5 laboratory, that it call witnesses in this regard, and issue a report of its findings to the House; and that this topic be added to the priority list for consideration when all parties lists have been reviewed or received.

As passed by the Standing Committee on Health on March 11 2010:

It was agreed, — That the Health Committee conduct a study of the elevated rates of tuberculosis infection in First Nations and Inuit communities and report its conclusions, including recommendations toward a national strategy to eradicate this disease, to the House of Commons, and that this topic be added to the priority list for consideration when all parties lists have been reviewed or received.

As a consequence, Health Committee is devoting its April 20 meeting to the tuberculosis situation.

40th PARLIAMENT, 3rd SESSION
UNEDITED HANSARD • NUMBER 006
OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEDBRUARY 25, 2010

WASYLYCIA-LEIS PRESENTS HUMAN RIGHTS BILL TO OUTLAW GENETIC DISCRIMINATION

WINNIPEG -- New Democrat Health Critic Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North) today unveiled her new human rights bill that would prohibit discrimination on the grounds of someone’s genetic characteristics.