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e-2729 (Health)
E-petition
Initiated by Jenel Shaw from Winnipeg, Manitoba
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- Environmental Sensitivities (ES) is the umbrella term for disabling Environmental Illness (EI), Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity, and Toxic Mould Exposure (also known as Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) and mould illness), and others;
- Approximately 3% of Canadians have been diagnosed with EI/ES in 2007;
- 1,008,400 Canadians were diagnosed with MCS in 2016, according to the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS);
- Many who develop EI/ES cannot maintain employment, nor access suitable nontoxic housing, air, food, water, clothing, assistive devices (i.e. organic bed, air filtration/ventilation, EMF tools), health care, telehealth, or other basic necessities due to systemic accessibility barriers; and
- Government and medical forms do not contain a diagnostic or billing fee code for these conditions, or include mention in lists of disabilities, despite the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) and the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) recognition, so many people completely fall through every crack and cannot access any of the assistance that is granted to other Canadians who fall ill or live with a disability.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
1. Create an international classification of disease designation code in Canada for environmental sensitivities so that those affected may have access to medical care;
2. Include environmental sensitivities as a disability that must be accommodated on all relevant documents and forms in governmental departments and organizations that minister social assistance, housing, medical, and other public services; and
3. Ensure all indoor public spaces are declared scent and fragrance-free.
October 28, 2020 (Petition No. 432-00177)
