Mr. Chair, last week Canada hosted 60 former Gairdner prize winners in health research from around the world, 22 of whom went on to win Nobel prizes. These giants of health research met with hundreds of high school students across the country. It was the largest gathering of international health research talent in Canadian history. Four of these Nobel laureates came to Ottawa and were recognized in the House, which you may remember. We asked these giants for advice on what Canada needed to do over the next five years to bring home a Nobel Prize.
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