OTTAWA - Ron Cannan, MP for Kelowna – Lake Country met with Amy and her parents today to discuss the impact of Juvenile Diabetes on their lives. Ron attended a luncheon with the Buchanan family and later had a meeting with the family in his office where they were able to discuss in detail the burden that diabetes has placed on all of their lives and the need for further research to cure type I diabetes. That afternoon Ron rose in the House of Commons and made the following statement:

“Mr. Speaker, I just finished meeting with a group of brave children and their families who face the daily struggle against the disease of type 1 juvenile diabetes.

Forty-five children from across the country, including a constituent of mine, beautiful four-year-old Amy Buchanan, are on Parliament Hill today. These children all live with the challenges of this disease.

I would like to honour these children and all the children of Canada, who endure this illness that affects every aspect of their lives, for their courage and their perseverance to not let this disease rob them of their dreams.

What families living with diabetes need is hope; hope for a future without this disease.

I am proud to say that my wife and I recently chaired a fundraising effort in my riding of Kelowna—Lake Country that raised over $80,000 for diabetes research. It is through the generosity of caring Canadians that we will reach our goal to understand and one day beat type 1 juvenile diabetes.

By working together, the mission is possible for a made in Canada cure for diabetes.”

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