I just wanted to ask the Minister, on page 8-40 there with the diabetes. I know we did have money in 2013-14, and working in the small communities, I know the funding ends on March 31, 2014, and that in the information health book that I’m looking at, just for the seniors information handbook there, that there is approximately 200 new cases of diabetes diagnosed each year in the Northwest Territories. About one in five people age 60 and over have diabetes. Now we don’t have any money associated. What are we doing to deal with this factual information, if it’s factual information that 200 new cases of diabetes are diagnosed each year? We know what it costs our health care system to treat diabetes and yet we still don’t have any money scheduled for it. Is there a plan to go to Ottawa to ask for money with Health Canada so that we can deal with these 200 cases of diabetes that are diagnosed each year?
Norman Yakeleya on Committee Motion 9-17(5): Mental Health And Addictions Action Plan, Defeated
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 2014. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 9-17(5): Mental Health And Addictions Action Plan, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters (Reversion)
February 20th, 2014
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