That's perfect.
You know, when I saw that, I think it was on page 143 or 145 of the budget, the first thing I did was e-mail a few constituents in the riding of the city of Barrie.
I think of Derek Walton, who jumps from a plane every year to raise money for ALS. I know that his goal is to raise awareness of the need for research on the brain. And to see something like this I think is just wonderful. I think of Jeanette Elliott, in my riding, who has volunteered every day for the last five years for MS as an unpaid volunteer, just because she believes so much.
There are so many countless individuals like that across Canada. I think this was a tremendous initiative, and I'm very glad to see it in this budget. I only hope we'll see it passed eventually in the House of Commons so that these needed funds can get out for these important neurological disorders and help with the research.
The other question I wanted to ask was with regard to the funds associated with medical students and nurse practitioners. I know that Ontario has really put a focus on nurse practitioners. And there are lots of areas where we have tremendous doctor shortages. If I recall, it was in the form of tuition paybacks.
Could you expand a little bit on how we're going to define rural and remote areas? I realize that there are so many areas in the country that have physician shortages that we're all going to want to feel rural right now. I live in an urban area, but we certainly have physician shortages in Barrie as well. We're an hour away from Toronto. I'm not sure that it would qualify as a rural area.