To your opening comment, yes, there's been remarkable progress in the MS space over the last 25 years. If you were diagnosed 25 to 30 years ago, you were told to go home and good luck. Now there are a number of options available, and that's wonderful. Some have said to me that this progress is second only to the progress that's been made in the HIV community. That said, there is a tremendous amount of opportunity to continue to fund basic research. MS is such a complex disease, and because we do not yet understand what causes MS and we do not have a cure, we need to continue to invest in that community. Investments in research are important. Research is expensive; it takes time. We need to continue to fuel what is some of the leading research in the world that happens here in Canada.
On February 5th, 2020. See this statement in context.