Thank you so much for the question, MP Sidhu. We really appreciate your support for diabetes, always.
As I mentioned in my remarks, we know that diabetes is a disease, as is COVID, that really exploits health inequities. Responding to COVID as well as ensuring the health of people with diabetes will necessitate fundamentally addressing things like food insecurity and job insecurity in a general sense, ensuring that people don't have to choose between taking medication and feeding their children. We know that leveraging things like virtual health, as we have out of necessity the last couple of months, can make care much more accessible to all Canadians, regardless of where they live, and can help reduce wait times significantly. I had an appointment with my specialist over the phone just recently. Instead of taking more than an hour, it took 10 minutes and was very, very helpful. I think that can be a model for us moving forward.
What we're fundamentally learning here is that the more we can act in coordination, one province to the other—learn from each other's best practices, leverage data, analyze it and use it to make decisions about health care—the better that health care will be and the better the health outcomes will be for Canadians. Those are, as you know, all behind our diabetes 360º nationwide strategy.