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04 June 2007

As long as aboriginals are happy...

Who gives a shit about those pesky people on dialysis?

Not Dalton McGuinty.
The Liberals are quickly passing a slew of government bills over the next few days before the house rises and doesn't return until after the October election.

But left to die quietly are 107 private member's bills ranging from declaring the "apple capital of Ontario" to a bill requiring people to fill out organ donation cards before renewing their driver's licences.

Conservative Frank Klees said it's "unconscionable" his organ donation bill will likely die because the Liberals aren't interested in any ideas other than their own.

"This government can't get past petty, partisan politics, and it is hurting the public," he said.
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RELATED: Did you know?
    * over 30,000 people in Canada require life-sustaining treatments such as dialysis or a kidney transplant to replace the function of kidneys that have failed?

    * that the number of Canadians on renal replacement therapy will double in the next 10 years?

    * 12 people in Canada learn their kidneys have failed every day; up from 8 just three years ago?

    * over 75% of people on Ontario's organ and tissue donor list are waiting for a kidney transplant?

    * Canada has one of the lowest organ donation rates in the developed world.


    * Anyone can be a potential donor. The oldest organ donor in Ontario was 92.

    * The success rate of living donor transplantations is now over 90 per cent, thanks to transplant research discoveries.
Thank you Dalton "Do-Little" McGuinty.

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