Finance committee  It is not true. As I've said before, it's certainly not our statement that every person with type 1 diabetes needs more than 14 hours a week to manage that disease, but many, if not the majority of us, do. That's even for the activities that are presently allowed under the Incom

Finance committee  That is my view, and it is consistent with what we have been told by the CRA, in conversations as recently as yesterday, which is that they formed that belief, wrote it into verse, and began using that new verse in interpreting and responding to applications from people with type

Finance committee  That is what I understand from the CRA. I am trying to learn their lingo.

Finance committee  That is correct. We asked them whom they consulted with in order to form that opinion. It appears they have acknowledged, themselves, that it was perhaps a misinterpretation of some complaints they had from some endocrinologists who were saying that they didn't feel comfortable h

Finance committee  We have multiple sources for this data. We have personally been contacted by several hundred people with diabetes complaining that they've recently been disallowed. We've also received a number of complaints from a number of diabetes clinics across the country that they're seeing

Finance committee  I share your desire. As I said, I've “ATIP'ed” the hard data, and once I have it, I'll be happy to share it. I think, though, a key point is that even the CRA itself has acknowledged in the last week that it changed the verse in the first week of May that introduced the language

Finance committee  Thank you very much. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you on Bill C-63 today. Diabetes Canada is very pleased to see Bill C-63 grant nurse practitioners the ability to certify applications for the disability tax credit. For many patients, they are their closest and mo