Sonia Sidhu
- Born
- January 3, 1968 — India
- Family
- Married to Gurjit, twin daughters and a son
- Career
- Over 18 years in the healthcare field as a diabetes educator and research coordinator
- Political Experience
- Elected as a Member of Parliament for Brampton South in 2015. Sat on the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Health, and also was appointed to sit as a member of the Special Committee on Pay Equity. Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women as well as the Chair and the Liberal caucus champion for the All-Party Diabetes Caucus. General-Secretary of the Canada-India Parliamentary Friendship Group and an executive member of both the Canada-Poland and Canada-Portugal Parliamentary Friendship Groups. Member of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association, the Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group, and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
- Notable
- Private member bill An Act to establish a national framework for diabetes (Bill C-237) was adopted.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her service for two decades. She knows exactly about one patient, one data. Can my colleague tell us how the bill would reduce barriers to care? Also, we heard that there is workforce pressure. How would it be more helpful for the patient and reduce the burden of administrative work?
Mr. Speaker, November marks Diabetes Awareness Month in Canada. Around 3.9 million Canadians are presently living with diabetes. Every three minutes, one person in Canada is diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes has serious impacts on our health. C-237, Six years ago, I introduced Billwhich established the national framework for diabetes. I want to recognize organizations like Diabetes Canada,
Mr. Speaker, Canada's diversity is our greatest strength, and Canadian values that bring us together, such as mutual respect and inclusion, are our core strength. I am proud to represent Brampton South, one of the most diverse communities in Canada. The rise in hate-motivated incidents is deeply concerning and is a reminder that we need to do more. Across Canada, we are seeing acts of hate and
C-39 Gatineau Mr. Speaker, it is a great honour to stand in the House to represent my residents of Brampton South and speak to Bill, the building Canada strong act, introduced by my colleague, the member for. Canada has what the world wants. We are a global leader in both clean and conventional energy, with minerals and natural resources. We are among the world's most trade-connected economies,