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Local MP seeks to start Addiction Recovery Week
Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks May 7 introduced a Private Members’ Bill (C674 -An Act to Establish Addiction Recovery Week) in Parliament.
A former alcoholic, Wilks stated in Parliament, “Mr. Speaker, I am humbled and honoured to stand in this place today to introduce an act to establish addiction recovery week.
“This bill would recognize the week commencing on the fourth Saturday of September as addiction recovery week.
“Speaking as a person in long-term recovery, we must remove the stigma that is attached to addiction recovery and celebrate those who have taken the long road back to prosperity and a healthy life. This bill would be a significant step forward in doing just that.”
The motion was deemed adopted, the bill read the first time and printed.
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