Monday, February 06, 2006

New Federal Cabinet

This morning, a new federal cabinet was sworn in.

Tony Clement was sworn in as Health Minister. Mr. Clement was very supportive of compensation for persons infected with Hepatitis C when he was the Ontario Health Minister.

As you may recall, when in Opposition the Conservatives put forward a motion in the House of Commons calling for compensation for all persons who became infected with Hepatitis C through the blood system in Canada. The Conservative's election platform also contained a committment to providing compensation.

We look forward to working with the new government in finalizing and implementing a fair compensation system.