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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2010-06-02 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2004005\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, June is ALS Awareness Month, recognizing people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often referred to as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, and their supportive families.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2004006\" data-originallang=\"en\">ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord and severely impacting voluntary muscle action. ALS causes difficulty in speaking, increased muscle weakness and total paralysis in its later stages. Approximately 3,000 Canadians currently live with this devastating disease. Sadly there is no cure.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2004007\" data-originallang=\"en\">We need a national brain strategy to address not only ALS, but also other chronic brain diseases. We must raise awareness, ensure caregiver support and increase research dollars to improve the quality of life of those living with these diseases and to find new treatments and cures.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2004008\" data-originallang=\"en\">Together we can provide hope to individuals who bravely battle brain disease and to their families that lovingly support them.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2004005\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le mois de juin, Mois de sensibilisation \u00e0 la SLA, nous permet de prendre conscience de la situation des personnes atteintes de scl\u00e9rose lat\u00e9rale amyotrophique, qu'on d\u00e9signe souvent comme la SLA ou la maladie de Lou Gehrig.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2004006\" data-originallang=\"en\">La SLA est une maladie neurod\u00e9g\u00e9n\u00e9rative progressive qui, en attaquant les cellules nerveuses du cerveau et de la moelle \u00e9pini\u00e8re, a de graves incidences sur le mouvement volontaire des muscles. La SLA cause des difficult\u00e9s d'\u00e9locution, l'affaiblissement des muscles et, dans les stades avanc\u00e9s, la paralysie compl\u00e8te. Environ 3 000 Canadiens vivent actuellement avec cette maladie d\u00e9vastatrice. H\u00e9las, il n'existe aucun traitement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2004007\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous devons mettre en oeuvre une strat\u00e9gie nationale sur les maladies du cerveau pour trouver un rem\u00e8de non seulement \u00e0 la SLA, mais \u00e9galement aux autres maladies chroniques du cerveau. Il faut sensibiliser la population, veiller \u00e0 ce que les aidants naturels re\u00e7oivent du soutien et augmenter le financement de la recherche, et ce, afin d'am\u00e9liorer la qualit\u00e9 de vie des personnes vivant avec ces maladies et de trouver de nouveaux traitements. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2004008\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous pouvons ensemble donner de l'espoir aux personnes qui luttent avec courage contre une maladie du cerveau, et aux membres de leur famille qui les soutiennent avec amour.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/6/2/kirsty-duncan-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/kirsty-duncan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1028/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3199217",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "ALS Awareness Month",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/6/2/",
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}