St.Catharines MPP is bringing celiac health concerns to Queen's Park.
NDP Jennie Stevens presented a petition asking Ontario to cover a blood test for people at risk for the disease.
She says Ontario is the only province in Canada that doesn't cover the cost for the diagnostic blood test.
Stevens is calling on the government to cover the cost for family members of people with Celiac Disease or show symptoms, or have associated condition.
Celiac disease is an inherited condition triggered by the consumption of cereal grains containing "gluten".
The immune system of a celiac reacts negatively to the presence of gluten in the diet causing damage to the inner lining of the small bowel which reduces the person's ability to absorb nutrients including: iron, folate, calcium, Vitamin D, protein, fat and other food compounds.
It's believed that about one percent of the population suffer from celiac.