Thank you, Mr. Jones.
I have this friend of mine who has a child with type 1. I think he was diagnosed around the age of seven, if I remember correctly. I want to read this to you because it's something she said to me. She said, everyone who is a parent of a type 1 diabetic uses the same expression: "I am now functioning as my child's pancreas. It's all on me to do what the pancreas is supposed to but now doesn't.” Basically, she wondered if the Prime Minister needed his pancreas 24 hours a day. Those are her words. It's not to be partisan. You can see that with respect to the parents of young children, this woman doesn't sleep. She's always up late at night checking blood sugar. It's a full-time job for anyone in that situation.
You mentioned earlier an advisory committee recommendation. As you know, my party and I support going to automatic approvals of type 1 diabetes patients for the DTC. We're going to be working with all parliamentarians. I'm curious to know in regard to the amendment that would come forward, should one come, and I believe there's one coming, should it be targeted specifically to type 1? You mentioned something earlier, when I think you made a direct recommendation from an advisory board. Do you want to read that again to the committee just how it was worded? I think you worded a recommendation.
If you could read that into the record once more just so that parliamentarians can hear it, I want to see how it lines up with something that's in the works.