Thank you for that question.
The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer is an exciting organization. They're doing a lot of great work in Canada. Originally it was announced for five years, and within that time they've been able to pull together over 300 organizations in Canada that deal with prevention or with treating cancer. They have really built a first-class network of individuals and organizations just on that subject of dealing with and managing cancer.
They recently produced a report about some of the work they're doing, and I can say that Canada will be leading in fighting cancer. Recently I accompanied the Prime Minister when he announced a reinvestment of $250 million to support the Canadian Partnership in their important work.
The work they're doing is also going to involve following over 300,000 Canadians for their lifetimes to better understand how people get cancer, their lifestyles, the environment they live in, how that contributes to cancer. Collectively, the research that is being done through the partnership agency will help in shaping the direction of health care. How do we prevent it? How do we treat it?
So the work we're doing is one of its kind in Canada, and it will really help us to put our resources into cancer prevention. So it is quite exciting, as is the work around chronic diseases as well. They've done phenomenal work in a very short period of time.
I think our commitment to support them through the investment we announced, the Prime Minister announced, will lead to even more results in the next little while.
Thank you.