Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, all the provinces and territories, including the NWT, submit data to the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System, and the latest statistics for diabetes were published in 2020. The information is broken down by demographics such as age, sex, ethnicity, and community type. And "community type" includes Yellowknife regional centres and small communities. And earlier today I provided the Member with the number of diabetics who live in his community.

The data gathered by the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System is further broken down into a more user-friendly format for the public by reference to the Department of Health and Social Services population health division. It's important to note that diabetes rates do not change dramatically from year to year. And so with that, that kind of certainty, Health and Social Services has been able to not only plan but provide programming for people who are diabetics well in advance.

For people who need diabetic care, it really starts with the diagnosis of diabetes. And if someone is feeling the possible symptoms of diabetes, then they should go to the health centre and make known to the nurse there that they are experiencing these symptoms and ask to be tested for them. Once the diagnosis is confirmed, then these other supports are put in place. Thank you.