Actually, the MS Society itself is in an interesting sort of dilemma, in that we have been very successful in encouraging through an MS research and training network to encourage young researchers to come into MS research. We are now finding that we aren't able to support as many of the good project grants as we were able to, but I think that's a good problem to have. In terms of, as someone mentioned, perhaps more matching of health charity funds with the federal government, all of the new Canada Brain Research Fund, might be an interesting thing to talk about with all of us who are members of NHCC.
Another interesting development I would see is that there's the potential for neurological research, writ large, not just necessarily MS and ALS. We've been able to fund a large research grant on progressive MS, and there it's not an inflammatory process, but more of a neuro-degenerative process, which perhaps is more similar to Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, etc. So I think we're starting to see some cross-linkages among the neurological conditions that may be more similar at certain stages than we thought before. I think this is an exciting new approach to neurological research.
As I said, I think the Canada Brain Research Fund is an excellent example. It's a model we all might want to look for in terms of encouraging research into ALS, MS, or, writ-large, more neurological research.