Madam Speaker, I rise in the House today in support of continuing clinical trials for the new liberation procedure for chronic
cerebrospinal venous insufficiency or CCSVI.

Multiple sclerosis is a debilitating disease, one that has touched many in my community, for example, my colleague from Mississauga East—Cooksville.

The new liberation procedure that has been performed in other countries throughout the world shows that a high percentage of MS
sufferers have venous abnormalities.

I ask the government to continue the clinical trials and collect the required evidence that will allow Canadians to receive the CCSVI
procedure here in Canada instead of having to travel all over the world

to have it done.

Having the procedure done here is very important to the patients and their families.

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