As you know, most of the research money, in fact all of the research money that we're disbursing, is disbursed on a competition basis. Obviously the provinces that have large infrastructure and can attract more researchers will get a larger share. It is a competition. It's best people, best ideas.
You're absolutely right, though, that for research, particularly when it comes to research that will be directly applied to improving care and access to care, there must be a way to ensure that there's more uniformity across the country. It's why we are partnering with our provincial counterparts and the ministers of health of the provinces and territories on the major initiative that the minister was referring to earlier, the strategy for patient-oriented research. That is focused on the type of research that will bear directly on the integration of research results into better care, better practices, and also will directly involve the patient in the elaboration of the research priorities and research strategies.
The provinces have really responded extremely positively to that. All provinces, actually, are investing monies in this endeavour, which we have committed to match. We're matching the funds that the provinces are willing to invest in this venture. It has allowed us to some extent to redistribute, if you will, among the jurisdictions that have fewer researchers and help them build capacity to develop research that's immediately applicable to care.