Bill 27 - Lyme Disease and Other Vector-Borne Illnesses

Lyme Disease is a chronic illness prevalent across much of Southern Ontario. Unfortunately, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care does not cover far superior diagnostic and treatment methods used in Europe and the United States. As a consequence, many people across the Province travel abroad at their own expense to receive treatment for this disease. The MOHLTC should recognize this problem and introduce modern diagnostics and treatment for Lyme Disease and bring more awareness to the ailement. 

A Petition to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

WHEREAS, the tick-borne illness known as Chronic Lyme Disease, which mimics many catastrophic illnesses, such as Multiple Sclerosis, Crohn’s, Alzheimer’s, arthritic diabetes, depression, Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia is increasingly endemic in Canada, but scientifically validated diagnostic tests and treatment choices are currently not available in Ontario, forcing patients to seek these in the U.S.A. and Europe; and

WHEREAS, the Canadian Medical Association informed the public, governments, and the medical profession in the May 30, 2000 edition of their professional journal that Lyme Disease is endemic throughout Canada, particularly in Southern Ontario; and

WHEREAS, the Ontario Public Health system and the Ontario Health Insurance Plan currently do not fund those specific tests that accurately serve the process for establishing a clinical diagnosis, but only recognize testing procedures known in the medical literature to provide false negatives 45 to 95% of the time;

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to pass Bill 27 An act to enhance the surveillance, prevention, identification, awareness, research, diagnosis, treatment, management and other best practices with respect to various vector-borne diseases including West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease.


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  • James Piche
    posted about this on Facebook 2018-05-29 09:18:50 -0400
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  • Trish McConnell
    posted about this on Facebook 2015-05-06 13:38:12 -0400
    I met a Perth resident this year whose daughter has Lyme disease, it is completely debilitating! Here's my support!
  • Erin Patchell
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    Sign the petition: It's time for the MOHLTC to do something about Lyme Disease and other Vector-Borne Illnesses. http://www.randyhilliermpp.com/bill27_lyme_disease_and_other_vectorborne-illnesses?recruiter_id=53416
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  • Harry Graham
    signed 2014-04-26 09:46:58 -0400
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  • Holly Desjardins
    signed 2014-04-25 15:10:35 -0400
  • Colleen Weber
    signed 2014-04-25 14:40:05 -0400
  • May McBeath
    signed 2014-04-15 11:19:45 -0400
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    Sign the petition: It's time for the MOHLTC to do something about Lyme Disease.
  • Adele Stevens
    signed 2014-04-09 10:16:23 -0400
  • Peggy Green
    signed 2014-04-06 10:48:17 -0400
  • Sandra Helmes
    signed 2014-04-05 17:10:14 -0400
  • Bill Stevens
    signed 2014-04-05 17:04:41 -0400
  • Ted Armstrong
    signed 2014-04-05 13:56:57 -0400
  • Scott Brown
    signed 2014-04-04 12:29:56 -0400
  • Debbie Letts
    signed 2014-04-02 20:40:17 -0400
  • Sonja Koster
    signed 2014-04-02 17:35:22 -0400
  • Amy Porteous
    signed 2014-04-02 12:32:15 -0400
  • Lois Emmel
    signed 2014-03-31 12:14:04 -0400
  • Bernie Barber
    signed 2014-03-31 11:35:15 -0400
    I walk the bush of Ontario.Weekly I remove ticks from my dogs.I paid to be tested it should be covered
  • Donna Lang
    signed 2014-03-29 18:49:39 -0400
  • Linda Fournier
    signed 2014-03-29 18:15:33 -0400