It's 5:30, and it's time to bring this to a close, but I have a question on research that I'd like to have some thoughts on.
A few years ago, I was helping the Canadian Cancer Society develop a plan to attract research funds. I'm from Atlantic Canada. We did a research study by province. The federal research money that goes to cancer research is very inconsistent. Atlantic Canada, if I remember correctly, gets an average of $2.40 per person. Two provinces get over $9 per person. Another province gets something like $7 per person, and for the rest of them it's awful low. But in Atlantic Canada, we have some of the highest rates of colon cancer, some of the highest rates of melanoma, and some of the highest rates of cancer fatalities amongst women.
What can the provinces who do not get an equal share of federal research money do to access an equal amount of research money per person?