OTTAWA, Dec. 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
| WHAT: | Canada’s leading diabetes organizations to host a NEWS CONFERENCE to provide new information about their efforts to reverse changes in eligibility for the Disability Tax Credit. |
| WHY: | Hundreds of Canadians with type 1 diabetes have been denied the Disability Tax Credit since May and many are at risk of being told they will have to close their Registered Disability Savings Plans (RDSP) at a potential cost of tens of thousands of dollars to each person. The medication, supplies and medical devices needed to manage type 1 diabetes can cost Canadians up to $15,000 out of pocket annually and if recent changes to Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA’s) procedures for reviewing Disability Tax Credit applications are not reversed, many Canadians with type 1 diabetes will not have the resources required to manage their disease. |
| WHO: | Dave Prowten, President and CEO, JDRF Canada Kimberley Hanson, Director, Federal Affairs, Diabetes Canada [Kim Lacombe, Eastern Canada Director, JDRF Canada] [Up to two individuals living with diabetes] |
| WHEN: | Monday, December 4, 2017, at 10:00am EST. |
| WHERE: | National Press Theatre, 150 Wellington St, Ottawa, ON |
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
| JDRF Contact: Chloé Roussel National Bilingual Communications Specialist croussel@jdrf.ca T: 647.789.2459 M: 647.459.7833 | Diabetes Canada Contact: Sherry Calder Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications sherry.calder@diabetes.ca P: 902-453-3529 M: 902-210-1799 |