The federal government is expected to table a long-awaited plan to improve access to diabetes treatment and prevention in Canada on Wednesday.
Liberal MP Sonia Sidhu called for the new framework as part of a private member’s bill that became law in 2021.
At the time, Diabetes Canada was clamouring for some kind of national vision to address the growing disease epidemic.
Sidhu is expected to appear at a press conference Wednesday with Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos where they will, according to a press release, announce “a way forward for addressing diabetes in Canada.”
Diabetes is a disease that prevents the natural production or use of insulin in the body, which prevents the regulation of glucose in the blood. It is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, stroke and lower limb amputation….