Thanks so much, MP d'Entremont. Those are excellent questions.
We developed diabetes 360° beginning in September of 2017. We are really pleased to see that the discussion carries on today. We would love to be able to cap that off with a formal commitment to a national diabetes framework, such as this bill proposes.
As I believe you are aware, we have strong support at the federal level, thanks to this committee. The finance committee has also recommended the strategy three times in a row. Importantly, we have really strong engagement from the provinces and territories. In November of 2020, Diabetes Canada convened a second round table that had representatives from every provincial and territorial government, as well as the federal government, in attendance.
The strong consensus from provinces and territories was that they are committed to working as much as they're able towards implementing provincial or territorial diabetes strategies, but they see the need for a coordinated approach, for a common framework and language, and for a way of sharing best practices. They would look to the federal government to provide that as soon as possible.
In response to the question you just asked MP Sidhu, I would agree with what she said. When this bill passes and receives royal assent, I would encourage the government to give strong consideration to implementing a multisectoral and multi-level government advisory committee or governance structure that features representatives of the provincial governments who—you're absolutely right—are going to have to implement the treatment-based approaches involved in this framework, and also patient groups.