e-3172 (Health)
- Keywords
- Canada Recovery Benefit
- COVID-19
- Employment insurance benefits period extension
- Employment insurance sickness benefits
- Medical research
- Pandemic
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- Thousands of Canadians are experiencing Long COVID, lengthy illnesses and symptoms of COVID-19 that persist for many months after initial infection;
- Long COVID significantly impacts patients' physical and mental well-being, their employment, and their ability to care for themselves and their families;
- These COVID long haulers are in urgent need of recognition, research and medical therapies, and income supports; and
- Our current social safety net is allowing Long COVID patients to fall through the cracks.
- Open for signature
- February 18, 2021, at 5:44 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- April 19, 2021, at 5:44 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Daniel Blaikie
(Elmwood—Transcona)
June 11, 2021 (Petition No. 432-01085)