There are a couple of things. One is that it is the case—and you can look at examples like the strategy against HIV—that concerted attention to a specific problem has led to dramatic improvement in our capacity to deal with conditions. Montreal is unique. McGill University, in particular, has a glorious history of leadership internationally in the problem of pain—except that's coming from somebody who lives at McMaster, so it's probably even valued more highly than the actual words—
On December 9th, 2013. See this statement in context.