Evidence of meeting #12 for Subcommittee on Neurological Disease in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was parkinson's.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Professor, Head of Neurology, Director, Pacific Parkinson's Research Centre, Canada Research Chair in Parkinson's Disease, University of British Columbia
The overall success rate at CIHR is a little below 20%, which doesn't sound bad. It's pretty good, compared with other places. The problem is that there are no longer poor grants being submitted to CIHR. It's all excellent, all very good stuff, so the question becomes whether it is superb or just good.
The other problem is that CIHR, unlike NIH, does not fund faculty support. So in response to the question before from Dr. Duncan, if the need is for training people, and particularly to train clinician scientists, we need to make this more attractive to Canada.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joy Smith
Thank you, Dr. Stoessl.
I would ask each of you to submit your written talk to the clerk so that we can get it translated and distributed. This was a very important topic today, and I'm very excited about the fact that you've been here. We have things on record now, and this committee is very attuned with and concerned about neurological disorders. You just confirmed today some of the things we thought: that the different disciplines interact, and that with more research we could perhaps put a lock on the mystery that connects them.
I thank you so much for coming.
I'm going to suspend for one minute so that we can clear the room and go into our committee business, or allow you to move back.
Thank you.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joy Smith
Let's resume.
The notice of motion submitted by Dr. Duncan reads as follows:
That the Subcommittee adopt the following report and that the Chair present it to the Standing Committee on Health for its consideration and for presentation to the House:
--and this is the substance of it--
The Committee recommends that the Government of Canada declare 2013 as the Year of the Brain.
What we have to do is adopt this report, then it goes to the major committee.
(Motion agreed to)
Thank you.
We have officially adjourned. You can all clap and warm up.