Finance committee  Yes, it was a bit strange to us. They say that it could cause.... In their experience when they've had similar problems in the past—because I don't think they've ever had this problem with adults with type 1 diabetes before—and they try to send out a second letter, it just causes

Finance committee  You can have just over a year to ask for a review if you have new, chiefly medical, evidence to offer. Your medical practitioner can submit that within a one-year period of your decision, but you have only 90 days to file an objection. Some of the people who were denied back in M

Finance committee  We're very aware of and grateful to Mr. Kmiec for putting forward his bill. It attempts to take on a couple of the recommendations that we have been making and that we're continuing to make, specifically around CARP calculation and not losing that status. I think it's interesting

Health committee  It could be there was information that CRA was looking for from the doctors. It could be that incorrect boxes were ticked. I agree with Kim that it does seem really strange that such a high number would be disallowed. If there are 2,300 adults being assessed every year, if this

Health committee  Well, remember that all of these claims were being reassessed because of a directive and some new clarification language that was added to the clarification letters which said that adults with type 1 would not generally qualify unless they had one or more chronic conditions in ad

Health committee  Obviously, like the other organizations here, we support the development of a national diabetes strategy and the diabetes 360° initiative that our colleagues started. We'd like more funding for research to prevent emergencies like diabetic ketoacidosis and to reduce emergency roo

Finance committee  I'd like to add something. This is from a news release from Peter Weissman and Lembi Buchanan, on May 19, in connection to the large number of Canadians with disabilities, with psychiatric illness who have been denied the DTC recently. These two individuals were formerly part of