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From YouTube: MARCH 31 2022 Statements Sonia Furstenau
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Leader
of
the
third
party.
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker.
Cancer
is
a
thief.
It
robs
us
of
the
people.
We
love
it
robs
our
health,
our
limbs,
our
dreams,
our
futures.
Twenty
years
ago
it
robbed
my
family
of
two
people
left
us
without
the
joy
of
being
with
them
of
sharing
with
them.
It
robbed
their
grandchildren
even
the
opportunity
to
meet
and
know
them.
A
In
april
2001,
my
father
peter
peter
first
now
was
diagnosed
with
multiple
myeloma.
The
cancer
moved
so
quickly.
We
didn't
have
the
chance
to
start
potentially
life-saving
therapy.
He
died
october,
16th
of
that
year,
one
week
before
his
62nd
birthday,
as
we
all
tried
to
navigate
through
the
deep
fog
of
grief.
Cancer
came
again,
my
dad's
partner
of
over
two
decades,
my
stepmother
patricia
lloyd,
was
diagnosed
with
large
cell
lung
cancer.
In
january
2002..
A
A
Tomorrow
is
the
start
of
the
canadian
cancer
society's
daffodil
campaign
for
cancer
awareness
month.
Two
in
five
canadians
will
be
diagnosed
in
cancer
with
cancer,
but
the
work
of
researchers
is
creating
a
bulwark
against
the
thievery
of
cancer.
The
daffodil
campaign
also
supports
the
programs
that
provide
comfort
and
connection
to
cancer
patients
and
their
loved
ones.