Perhaps I could start.
We know that the prevalence of diabetes and its complications really focuses on those populations with risk related to socio-economic factors. Again, I referred to the Public Health Agency of Canada's report this summer indicating that individuals who live in a lower socio-economic bracket have over four times the risk of developing diabetes as compared to those in the highest socio-economic bracket.
The population issues are not just related to ethnicity. You are absolutely correct. South Asians and Asians are more susceptible to diabetes and its complications, but the idea is to understand how to intervene with any at-risk population early on to prevent diabetes. It's not just a health issue. It's also a social issue. It's an education issue. It's a food security issue. It's an issue that requires multiple levels of intervention, so not just health, but intervention in schools. Its a public health issue that requires intervention in communities.
I would be interested to know how the community in your riding could band together and begin a program that would intervene, with cultural sensitivity and with education, about how to prevent diabetes. It's really a multi-factor disease that requires multi-factor intervention, not just a trip to a doctor.