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Petition to the Government of Canada

Whereas:

An estimated twenty-seven Canadians are diagnosed with a brain tumour each day;
Less than three in ten Canadians diagnosed with a primary malignant brain tumour survive five years after their diagnosis;
Brain cancer research is critically underfunded in Canada;
Canada is years behind the United States in approving new drugs and treatments, which could have an impact on thousands of brain cancer patients;
Even when new brain cancer therapies are approved, they are not always made equally accessible to patients across the country; and
There continues to be a shortage of brain cancer drugs in Canada, and some medications even become discontinued.

We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:

1. Increase funding for brain cancer research;

2. Work with the provinces and territories to ensure that drugs, medical devices, and new therapies are accessible to brain cancer patients nation-wide; and

3. Remove unnecessary red tape so brain cancer drugs can be approved more quickly.

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