Kirsty Duncan, MP

Statement on Brain Injury Awareness Month

Ms. Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, June is National Brain Injury Awareness month and highlights awareness of the causes and effects of brain injury. Automobile and cycling accidents, falls, sports, injuries, strokes, tumours and other non-degenerative conditions are leading causes of brain injury in Canada, a silent epidemic with brain injury being the number one killer of people under the age of 44.

Unfortunately, there are no drugs or techniques that can cure a brain injury and the emotional, social and economic costs are devastating to families.

Sandhya and Swapna Mylabathula in my riding have been working with the Brain Injury Association of Canada to promote a pan-Canadian concussion strategy.

Together, let us fight for a year of the brain and fight for a national brain strategy to improve the quality of life for all Canadians living with a neurological disease, disorder, or injury, and their families and caregivers.

Petition on Homicides in the Somali-Canadian Community

Ms. Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, today I present three petitions regarding StatsCan violence. The Somali-Canadian community left a war-torn community to come to our peaceful country only to have many of their children die at the hand of violence. Almost 50 young Somali-Canadian males have been killed in Ontario and Alberta since 2006. In 2012, six of 33 Toronto shooting homicides befell Somali-Canadian men.

The petitioners call upon the government to investigate these deaths through the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, develop federal-provincial job programs, particularly with the RCMP, and examine witness protection.

Petition on CCSVI

Ms. Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present three petitions on CCSVI.

Canadians with MS want to know when Conservative MPs and senators learned of their government’s position to kill both the House and Senate bills for CCSVI. The decision was taken by February 6, 2012. Did they know the position going into the Senate hearings, and if so, why did no one have the courage to talk to Canadians living with MS and be honest with them? Canadians with MS should not have been given false hope for eight months.

The petitioners are calling upon the minister to consult experts actively engaged in diagnoses and treatment of CCSVI to undertake phase III clinical trials on an urgent basis and to require follow-up care.

Question on Deaths in the Somali Canadian Community

Ms. Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, Canada’s Somali community left a war-torn country to come to our peaceful country, but almost 50 of their [...]

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Release: Duncan Praises Canadian Soccer Association for Action Against Turban Ban

RELEASE Duncan Praises Canadian Soccer Association for Action Against Turban Ban Ottawa, June 14, 2013 – Kirsty Duncan praised the Canadian Soccer Association for taking tough [...]

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Question on Great Lakes Water Levels

Ms. Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, Great Lakes water levels are at historic lows. In January, water levels were the lowest they have been [...]

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Petition on National Nutrition Strategy

Ms. Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, access to healthy food is critically important for a child’s development. Child and youth nutrition programs are a [...]

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Petition on Concussions

Ms. Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present six petitions regarding concussions. The signatures were collected by two extraordinary young women [...]

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Speech on Bill S-15

Ms. Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to speak to Bill S-15, which would amend the Canada National Parks Act to create [...]

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Letter to the Minister of Health regarding Access to Information Requests

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, P.C., M.P. Minister of Health 0916A Brooke Claxton Building, 16th Floor, Tunney’s Pasture Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9 June 5, 2013  Dear Minister, [...]

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