OTTAWA – As many parts of Canada kick off Pride month, pressure is growing for the Trudeau government to end restrictions around blood donations from gay, bisexual, and trans Canadians. The current rules state a man who has had sex with another man is not allowed to donate blood until they have been abstinent for… View Article
Ottawa, ON – Today, the Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner, Conservative Shadow Minister for Health, Eric Duncan, Conservative MP for Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, and Bernard Généreux, Conservative MP for Montmagny—L’Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, called on Health Minister Patty Hajdu to end the blood ban immediately. In 2015, Justin Trudeau promised to end the blood ban and during the past six… View Article
Video Clips Committee of the Whole Exchange with Minister Hajdu (Nov 26, 2020) https://twitter.com/EricDuncanSDSG/status/1332161916110778372?s=20 Eric’s Personal Story (April 13, 2021) https://www.facebook.com/EricDuncanSDSG/videos/465897047993394 Media Articles MP Duncan pushes parliament to end blood ban (Cornwall Seaway News, Dec 11, 2020) https://www.cornwallseawaynews.com/2020/12/11/mp-duncan-pushes-parliament-to-end-blood-ban/ Conservative MP Eric Duncan pushes health minister to finally end the gay blood ban (Globe and Mail,… View Article
CORNWALL, ON – Local Member of Parliament Eric Duncan (Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry) has officially co-seconded legislation to implement an easy to use, three-digit 9-8-8 national suicide prevention hotline. The bill was introduced by his Conservative colleague Todd Doherty (Cariboo-Prince George) as a Private Member’s Bill (C-294) in the House of Commons. This past December, MP Doherty… View Article
OTTAWA — Years after first promising to do so, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during Pride month last June that he hoped to “very soon” announce the elimination of the blood donation ban for gay men as well as some other folks in the LGBTQ2S+ community.
ST. RAPHAEL’S, Ontario – The historic Bishop’s House located in St. Raphael’s in South Glengarry is receiving a boost in federal funding to go towards its maintenance and restoration. Stormont, Dundas, South Glengarry MP Eric Duncan, along with his Liberal colleague Francis Drouin, MP for Glengarry, Prescott-Russell, announced on Friday, May 21 that the Glengarry… View Article
CORNWALL — Local Eastern Ontario MP’s Eric Duncan and Michael Barrett are applauding the efforts of their elected counterparts south of the border as they urge the New York State Department of Health to expand the state’s vaccination program to include truck drivers from Canada.
St. Raphael’s – Local federal Members of Parliament Eric Duncan (Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry) and Francis Drouin (Glengarry-Prescott-Russell) have announced that the Glengarry Fencibles Trust has recently received a federal contribution of $98,572.02 in support of the conservation of the Bishop’s Residence within the Ruin of St. Raphael’s Roman Catholic Church, a National Historic Site of Canada…. View Article
Cornwall – Local Members of Parliament Eric Duncan (Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry) and Michael Barrett (Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes) applauded the efforts of their elected counterparts south of the border as they urge the New York State Department of Health to expand their vaccination program to include truck drivers, who are deemed as essential workers, entering… View Article