Background: 

In April 2011, they changed the list of medical conditions that people must have to be eligible for SDA. The condition “pre-diabetes” was removed from the list, and only “diabetes” was kept. Since that change, it seemed like people who have pre-diabetes were no longer eligible for SDA money to pay for the kinds of food they need to eat to help treat their pre-diabetes and help prevent them from developing diabetes.

Changes: 

In April 2012, the provincial government put out an Information Bulletin that says that people with pre-diabetes are, in fact, eligible for Special Diet. It says that the government includes pre-diabetes in its definition of diabetes.

This means that people with pre-diabetes can now receive a Special Diet Allowance. 

 

The Income Security Advocacy Centre has a full fact sheet on this issue that can be downloaded HERE.