Finance committee  Yes. Thanks for clarifying. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is almost misnamed, because it's a 40-year-old organization and it's a disease that affects people of all ages. The clawback is incredibly detrimental to people. It would be like taking your RSP. That's the be

Finance committee  Pat was in a meeting with the CRA very recently where we encouraged them to communicate with the 941 people, just as a customer service element. We sent them a letter to that effect, because at the end of the day, we're trying to navigate the system because those 941 people can't

Finance committee  Type 1 diabetes and other chronic conditions are very difficult to deal with and this whole program was set up to support people. As a gateway, we're trying to recommend clearing the hurdles, making it as easy as possible for people to apply and be accepted, on the assumption tha

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. As mentioned, my name's Dave Prowten, and I'm the president and CEO of JDRF Canada. I'm joined by Patrick Tohill, who is our director of government relations. JDRF is the world's leading charity focused on research to cure, prevent and treat type 1 diabet

Health committee  I think it's things like compliance which has been talked about a lot today. It's a big burden for the child, but it's a big burden for the parents as well, so it's very much a family disease at that point. We've talked a lot about insulin pumps, but we haven't really talked a

Health committee  Yes, that would be great.

Health committee  If I could make one additional comment, it would be that there's a difference between type 1 and type 2 for prevention and screening. You're talking a lot about type 2, but there is some new research going on that suggests we could screen children and look for biomarkers at ages

Health committee  I'm going to build on two things. One would be to create a type 1 diabetes registry. Right now, we actually have very poor data that tracks people who have type 1 or type 2. Actually, they're very different diseases and we need to understand that. That could lead to different m

Health committee  Can you hear me okay?

Health committee  Some of the trials, MP Sidhu, are based in Ontario and are going to be taking advantage of things like registries and having care provided using telemedicine. In essence, people will be able to access their care when they need it the most. This is actually trying to change the he

Health committee  This is a really important question. Insulin was discovered in Toronto nearly 100 years ago. It is not available to every person in Canada. We believe that it should be part of a national pharmacare strategy and that all insulin should be available. There have been a lot of adva

Health committee  Can I use the next three seconds?

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is Dave Prowten. I am the president and CEO of JDRF Canada. I am joined today by Patrick Tohill. I'd like to begin by thanking you for undertaking this important study. We're especially grateful to Ms. Sidhu for bring

Finance committee  We've reached out to the CRA. We have not actually met with the CRA, but Diabetes Canada has. There's almost a coalition forming behind this initiative. It's gaining momentum, and I view this as a chance to right a wrong right now.

Finance committee  That is correct. We were certainly not made aware of any of this. We found out about it only because of the patient community and others bringing it to our attention.