Member Statement (27 October 2006)

Member Statement

From Hansard - 27 October 2006

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Death of Cancer Patient

Mr. McMorris: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep regret that I stand today to inform my colleagues and all members of the Legislative Assembly of the passing of Emily Morley of Meath Park. Yesterday at 11:30, 57-year-old Emily Morley’s courageous battle with cancer came to an end.

Mr. Speaker, I raised Emily’s case on April 19, 2006. She was told that she would have to wait three months to see an oncologist for the first time — three times the national average wait — that after already waiting several months for tests to confirm she had cancer. One week later, after the family came to this Legislative Assembly, Emily got to see an oncologist for the first time, Mr. Speaker, and was told that she only had three months to live. But Emily exceeded with intervention and was able to spend an additional three months with her family — her husband, Warren; her children, Karen and Chris; and her grandchildren.

Emily was well known around the province because she wrote and circulated an Internet petition demanding the government address the long waits for treatment for cancer. There are thousands of names on this petition from all corners of the province, not only Saskatchewan but across Canada and the globe.

Mr. Speaker, on behalf of my colleagues on this side of the House and all members of the Legislative Assembly, I offer my deepest, heartfelt condolence to the Morley family.

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