Liberal MP Sidhu’s law gives health minister one year to create diabetes framework

The federal government must meet with the provinces and come up with a better plan for dealing with one of Canada’s most widespread diseases.

Liberal MP Sonia Sidhu, centre, pictured in 2019 at a reception with Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett, left, and Liberal MP Karen McCrimmon. Ms. Sidhu sponsored a private member's bill that will bring require the federal government to create a national diabetes framework.The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

July 5, 2021

The federal government has one year to talk with the provinces and come up with a plan for addressing diabetes, a disease affecting millions of Canadians, thanks to the passage of a private member’s bill drawn up by Liberal MP Sonia Sidhu.

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