Health committee  That's correct. If a person is rejected from the disability tax credit and they had a registered disability savings plan, they would be required under the law to close that RDSP, and any monies that the government had contributed in the form of grants or bonds to that RDSP would

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  From what they tell me, they certainly do. I think, based on how diabetes is normally treated, it is highly probable they do. I can't attest to whether their applications were filled out completely clearly or whether they avoided using terms the CRA objects to, some of which we'r

Finance committee  You're absolutely right that the economic burden to the individual living with diabetes can be really very significant, depending on their form of treatment. Diabetes Canada has statistics to suggest that more than 30% of those living with diabetes report having been unable to fo

Finance committee  In December, Minister Lebouthillier announced that the CRA would revert to its May 2017 practices of assessing applications for the DTC from people with diabetes. They also announced that they would review all of the applications from people with diabetes that had been rejected b

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  It's difficult to be certain of the numbers, because there are challenges in getting real numbers of applications from the CRA, etc. We know from a study that was done by the University of Calgary late last year that across the board, for people with all forms of disability, ther

Finance committee  Thank you. That's an excellent question. The province that was missing at the table in the first phase was New Brunswick, primarily due to their not having the human resources to dedicate someone to our working group. Also, unfortunately, we weren't able to identify any indivi

Finance committee  Good morning. Thank you, members of the committee, for the opportunity to speak with you today. A hundred years ago, two of my great-aunts died of untreatable type 1 diabetes. Shortly thereafter, Canada's Dr. Banting discovered insulin and saved the lives of millions, including

Health committee  Thank you, Jan. It's a pleasure to be here. As Jan mentioned, in 2018 Diabetes Canada is building on a successful model that has been credited for a transformational breakthrough in the treatment and management of HIV/AIDS, and adapting it to tackle diabetes in Canada. Implement

Finance committee  No, they have not, other than the changes to the folio with respect to the nurse practitioners being now eligible to certify, which we're very thankful for and supportive of. There have been no changes to the regulations that I'm aware of.

Finance committee  I understand that T2201 application form that people have to fill out is constantly being tweaked to make it clearer, or make it easier to fill out. So yes, that's changed, and the questions that are asked in the clarification letters have changed, and the language that's been pu

Finance committee  That's our request as an immediate, and at least interim, solution. If the CRA would just revert to its April practices and interpretations of the current guidelines and apply them the same way they were doing in April, most of this problem would be resolved.

Finance committee  That would be a major help. There would still be some challenges, some inconsistencies, some inequities, but we would be so much farther down the road, I would be extremely happy if that solution were implemented.

Finance committee  Yes, along with logging—