People often ask me: “So, what is going on in Ottawa? I hear about the big news stories, but what other issues is your government working on?” Well, today, I had some visitors in from the Canadian Cancer Society. We discussed a targeted, anti-cancer strategy that the federal government has had over the last few years.

Specifically, we have:

• Implemented the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, a $260 million program to co-ordinate cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
• Established a wait times guarantee for cancer.
• Launched a new tobacco control program which banned smoking in federally regulated work places.
• Published new regulations to ban misleading advertising.
• Set new targets to reduce smoking.
• Created a Chemicals Management Plan and;
• Added $10 million for cancer research.

Taken together, the Conservative government’s Cancer Strategy has been fairly comprehensive. We believe it will pay off for all Canadians both in the short and long term.