Thank you, Madam Chair and committee members.
On behalf of Neurological Health Charities Canada, I'd like to thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today.
Neurological Health Charities Canada, as you've heard, is a coalition of 25 health organizations established in 2008 to represent people with chronic, and often progressive, brain diseases, disorders, and injuries. Its role is to provide leadership by evaluating and advancing new opportunities for collaboration specific to advocacy, education, and research projects related to brain health. It is a conduit for federal, provincial, and territorial governments to reach 25 organizations through one NGO.
Collectively, our members represent and advocate on behalf of more than five and a half million Canadians living with neurological conditions and their families, and invest approximately $50 million per year to fund basic clinical and psychosocial research.