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MILLIGAN ISSUES ORGAN DONATION CHALLENGE

CONTINUING THE CAMPAIGN TO BUILD ORGAN DONATION AWARENESS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 27, 2012

COBOURG – As part of his ongoing campaign to raise awareness of the importance of organ donation registration, Northumberland – Quinte West MPP Rob Milligan has issued:

“THE NORTHUMBERLAND – QUINTE WEST ORGAN DONATION REGISTRY CHALLENGE”

Last week, the official registry for organ donations in the province, the Trillium Gift of Life Registry, (www.giftoflife.on.ca) published a chart showing the rate of registrations in municipalities across the province. The chart, which can be found at https://beadonor.ca/communities, shows that approximately 25% of all eligible adults in the riding have already registered as organ donors and this puts us at the mid-point of municipalities in Ontario. There are three communities in the north, Hanmer, Lively and Garson, that have registration rates of 49%, while, at the other end of the scale, there are parts of the City of Toronto with registration rates below 10%.

“As Organ Donation Awareness Week comes to an end, I’d want to do something that will keep building on the various speeches and special events that have been held this week”, said MPP Milligan. “I’ll provide updates, via my website, www.robmilliganmpp.com, as to how our riding is progressing, in the weeks and months to come”.

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MILLIGAN AND MAYOR BROCANIER RECEIVE THE “TORCH OF LIFE”

REAL MOMENTUM BUILDING FOR ORGAN DONATION AWARENESS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 13, 2012

COBOURG – Northumberland – Quinte West MPP Rob Milligan was delighted to welcome organ donation activist George Marcello and his “Torch of Life” Campaign to Cobourg at noon hour today. MPP Milligan was joined by Mayor Gil Brocanier in front of Victoria Hall.

“For many years, George Marcello has been working, tirelessly, to raise public awareness of the importance of organ donation. A recipient of a liver transplant, himself, George Marcello recognizes that, in all likelihood, he wouldn’t be alive today if it weren’t for the selfless and generous decision by an organ donor”, said Milligan.

“On behalf of all the residents of Northumberland - Quinte West who have benefitted from organ donation in the past or who will benefit in the future, I want to commend George Marcello and all the volunteers on the Torch of Life campaign for their inspirational efforts to demonstrate that signing up on the organ donation registry is, literally, a life-saving decision”, said MPP Milligan.

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McGuinty targets province’s most vulnerable

No money and no plan to create jobs for Ontario’s poor

March 27, 2012
For Immediate Release

Queen’s Park – Dalton McGuinty showed no sign of giving some of Ontario’s most vulnerable a hand up today. In fact, the 2012 budget will hurt those who are caught in the social assistance cycle.

The Liberal government announced through the Budget that it will freeze social assistance benefits for one year, for those on Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program. Further, it will delay a planned $200 increase to the Ontario Child Benefit next year to a $100 increase over two years.

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