Autism is the most common neurological disorder that affects children in our nation. Currently, one in every 200 people in Canada has been diagnosed with some form of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). If we look specifically at children, this number jumps up to one in 165, or .6 per cent of all children. Diagnoses are [...]
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Living with Autism
Friday, August 13th, 2010MP Challenge to Support Mental Health
Thursday, April 29th, 2010I was recently challenged by Carrie-Ann Dambrowitz, a constituent whose daughter suffers from schizophrenia, to donate the price of one restaurant meal to a Mental Health Service Provider of my choice and to encourage five others to do the same. She also issued the same challenge to over 300 other federal and provincial elected officials [...]
Cutbacks at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital
Monday, March 1st, 2010Honourable Kevin Falcon, Minister of Health Services
Room 337
Legislature Building
Victoria, BC
V8V 1X4
Dear Minister Falcon:
RE: Operating Room staff and hours cutbacks at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital
I write to underline the seriousness of the situation at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH), given the cutbacks announced by the Interior Health Authority to the KBRH Operating Room staff [...]
MP Atamanenko Meets with Medical Marijuana Support Group
Friday, February 5th, 2010BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko, met with members of the Grand Forks Medical Marijuana Support Group on a January visit to the Boundary town.
Members shared their stories of the challenges of their diseases such as cancer with Atamanenko, and their frustrations with unsuccessful prescription medications to treat their symptoms and conditions. Some members were [...]
At Whose Expense — Lower Drug Costs
Friday, October 30th, 2009Drug costs are the fastest rising expense in health care and, without a national drug plan, they’ll continue to hit Canadians unevenly and unfairly depending on where we live, whether we’re in hospital or out, if we have a job with a drug plan and how much we make.
Last year, Canadians spent $30 billion on [...]
NDP MP Renews Stand Against Unethical Weapons
Monday, March 30th, 2009BC Southern Interior MP re-introduces his motion on abolishing depleted uranium arms
OTTAWA – NDP MP Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior) – re-introduced his motion from the 39th parliament on Thursday, calling once again for the government to take a leading role in helping to abolish the use of depleted uranium (DU) in armaments and munitions. [...]
New Democrats Press Harper to Reassess GMO Regulations
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009Government should stop relying on industry self regulation
OTTAWA-New Democrat Leader Jack Layton and Agriculture Critic Alex Atamanenko are calling on the Prime Minister to reassess government regulations around genetically modified foods. At issue are concerns regarding the advisability of relying on the biotech industry’s own science to determine the way in which genetically [...]
Atamanenko’s Food Safety Motion Unanimously Passed by House of Commons Agriculure Committee
Thursday, February 19th, 2009Parliamentary probe in full public view
OTTAWA – NDP Agriculture Critic Alex Atamanenko, MP, (BC Southern Interior) recently proposed a motion to the House of Commons Agriculture Committee to create a sub-committee with the authority to investigate food safety in Canada as a response to the listeriosis tragedy last summer which claimed 20 lives. The [...]
C-51 - A Poison Pill for Natural Health Products
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Ottawa, ON – Alex Atamanenko, M.P., BC Southern Interior – “The Conservative’s Bill C-51 has caused quite an uproar within my riding”, said Atamanenko. C-51 (An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts) will affect people who use, produce and sell Natural Health Products (NHPs).
“Producers and [...]