Friday, October 29, 2010 8:12 PM
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Jacinthe Laforge
Hi everyone, This is my first post, I hope I do it right. I am a person that does not live with MS but empathises totaly with those who do. Because of my involvement as a volunteer for many years with the MSS, I decided someone had to get the ball rolling in our little corner of the world (Northern Northern Ontario). I live in a small community of about 8,000 people, of which 25 to 30 have MS. Last night we met with our MPP Gilles Bisson and there were 40 in attendance. He was quite impressed at the number of people. According to him, CCSVI research is not a topic of discussion in provincial parliament. Before he attended the meeting, he actually met with three people from the MSS Ont. Division. They gave him some info on what was being done but he got the impression there was not much enthusiasm about CCSVI. He never the less, felt that if they were on our side, it would be a great ally. How to convince them is another story. He also reported meeting with the Minister of Health whom he felt to be open-minded about clinical trials. His advice to us was to spread the word around and get everybody on the band wagon. He feels that if every community asks for a meeting with their MPP and e-mails to the Minister of Health, we should see some action in the near future. You know what they say about the sqeaky wheel getting the grease... He also reminded us that there was an election coming up in a year, so that is also to our advantage in trying to lobby the government. I promised my lovely MS people that I would try and spread this message all over the province as well as all over Canada and I figured CCSVI Locator was a great place to start. I hope you guys agree with me and start pushing your provincial government. If anyone has any other suggestions, please feel free. I am convinced that you are going to win the fight and hopefully sooner than later.
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