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hi all attachments removed; news item follows janet > This message was received this morning from Suzanne Tobin, National > Director of Communications and Marketing for Parkinson Society Canada. > I'm passing it on to your for your information. > > Ruth Vant > Executive Director > Parkinson Society Ottawa > > -----Original Message----- > From: Suzanne Tobin [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:04 AM > > Subject: Assisted Human Reproduction Bill C-13 has passed! > > Good morning- we are very excited at the National office that Bill > C-13 was passed last night in the House of Commons. This is the > Assisted Human Reproduction Bill which will allow embryonic stem cell > research under strict regulatory guidelines. > > We thank everyone for their efforts over the last few years to keep > the subject alive and to lobby for support of the Bill. It has been a > collective effort and will certainly give hope to the Parkinson > community that a cure may be found. > > Please see the [not] attached article that appears on the front page > of today's Globe & Mail newspaper. A large picture appears of > Margaret Turner, one of the dedicated volunteers who works with the > Central and Northern Ontario region. We are very pleased with the > exposure Parkinson's gets in the article. > > We have also just issued a bilingual press release, along with > Muscular Dystrophy Canada and the ALS Society of Canada, > congratulating the government for approving the legislation. That > press release is [not] attached. > > The legislation still requires Senate approval before it can become > law. We will be determining the next steps necessary to make our case > before the Senate and I will keep you posted. > > Thanks, > Suzanne > > > Suzanne Tobin > National Director, Communications & Marketing > Parkinson Society Canada > 4211 Yonge Street, Suite 316 > Toronto, Ontario M2P 2A9 > phone: 416-227-9700, ext. 239 > fax: 416-227-9600 > email: [log in to unmask] > www.parkinson.ca > > Parkinson Society Canada is the national voice of Canadians living > with Parkinson's. Our purpose is to ease the burden and find a cure > through research, education, advocacy and support services. > > > > Name: Legislation Approved. release.doc > Part 1.2 Type: application/msword > Encoding: base64 > > Name: Globe and Mail article.doc > Part 1.3 Type: application/msword > Encoding: base64 -- janet paterson an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit primarily perky, parky pd: 56-41-37 cd: 56-44-43 tel: 613-256-8340 http://www.janetpaterson.net/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn