XPost: bc.politics, mtl.general, sk.politics   
   XPost: ab.politics, can.politics   
   From: Panca@nyet.ca   
      
   On 12/13/2014 3:28 PM, Alan Baker wrote:   
   > On 2014-12-13 23:20:57 +0000, (ಠ_ಠ) said:   
   >   
   >> A Green Party first   ! . . .  and a private member's Bill to boot !   
   >   
   > Ironic that you aren't familiar with the phrase "no-brainer"...   
   > Mom gave me that nickname the day I was born.   
      
   >   
   >> _______________________________________   
   >> CP  | By The Canadian Press -  12/12/2014   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Elizabeth May's Lyme Disease Bill Passes Senate In Green Party First   
   >>   
   >> OTTAWA - The Senate has passed a private member's bill on Lyme disease, the   
   >> first Green party bill to ever pass both houses of Parliament.   
   >>   
   >> The legislation sponsored by Green party Leader Elizabeth May won Commons   
   >> approval last June and now only needs royal assent to become law.   
   >>   
   >> It calls on the government to call a conference of provincial and   
   territorial   
   >> ministers, medical experts and representatives of patient groups to develop   
   a   
   >> comprehensive Lyme disease strategy.   
   >>   
   >> The strategy would include a national program to track rates of infections,   
   >> and establish guidelines for preventing infections and diagnosing and   
   >> treating them when they occur.   
   >>   
   >> Lyme is a tick-borne disease whose symptoms include a rash, fever, headache   
   >> and fatigue.   
   >>   
   >> May says the bill could not have passed without the support of the   
   government.   
   >>   
   >> "The hard work of the minister of health, Rona Ambrose, and the entire Lyme   
   >> community were instrumental in making this bill a reality," she said.   
   >>   
   >> Although the legislation passed with all-party support, part of it was   
   >> opposed by an organization representing infectious diseases specialists.   
   >>   
   >> The Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Canada was   
   >> concerned that the bill appears to support the idea that significant numbers   
   >> of people suffer from a condition they believe to be chronic Lyme disease   
   and   
   >> that they have been failed by a medical system that refuses to accept that   
   >> diagnosis.   
   >>   
   >> A number of organizations say the existence of chronic Lyme disease is based   
   >> on pseudo-science, while others claim it is a real and debilitating   
   condition.   
   >>   
   >> May said her bill is neutral on the subject.   
   >> ____________________________________________________   
   >>   
   >> For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now   
   >> subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception   
   >> until death.   
   >>   ~Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962   
   >>   
   >> "I'm not a doctor," she said. "I'm not taking positions on these things."   
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