Subcommittee on Neurological Disease Committee on Nov. 30th, 2010

Evidence of meeting #14 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 alzheimer's.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Neurological Diseases

MPs speaking

Joy Smith
Kirsty Duncan
Luc Malo
Wayne Marston
Patrick Brown

Also speaking

Weihong Song  Canada Research Chair in Alzheimer's Disease, Jack Brown and Family Professorship, University of British Columbia, As an Individual
Serge Gauthier  As an Individual
Rémi Quirion  Executive Director, International Collaborative Research Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Mark Ferdinand  Vice-President, Policy, Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx & D)
Inez Jabalpurwala  President, NeuroScience Canada

10:20 a.m.

Executive Director, International Collaborative Research Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Dr. Rémi Quirion

Yes, certainly money is an issue, but it's the role of the federal government to support research. There it's not a matter of an issue with a government of a province. There, to have a national strategy in terms of the research component, in addition to guidelines, certainly it's the place of the federal government.

10:20 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

Thank you so much.

I want to thank the panel today for some very insightful information and for your documents that you have given to us. This committee has worked very hard on the neurological disorders issues, and we've had many presentations before us, because I think it's very timely that we do this. Thank you so much for coming today.

Committee, I wanted to let you know that Dr. Beaudet from CIHR is available to appear on MS on December 7. Remember, he was originally going to come on December 14, but now it's December 7 from 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. He isn't able to come on the 14th, so we asked if he could come on December 7.

Is that okay with you?

10:20 a.m.

Conservative

Patrick Brown Conservative Barrie, ON

Let's take what we can.

10:20 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

Take what we can? All right.

We will adjourn. Thank you so much.