Evidence of meeting #84 for Science and Research in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was funding.
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1:40 p.m.
Acting President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Yes, we need to consider it.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Lloyd Longfield
Thank you.
For the final two and a half minutes, we have Mr. Cannings.
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NDP
Richard Cannings NDP South Okanagan—West Kootenay, BC
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As I think we're in your final minutes as chair, I just wanted to personally thank you for your work here. You've done a remarkable job. Thank you very much.
I'm going to go back to Dr. Clifford again just to wrap this up and get my mind around how the CIHR works with the research hospitals. It's obvious that a university that also has a research hospital will attract more funding from CIHR, because it has that hospital and because of the fact that both the university and the research hospital can apply, along with, presumably, the associated researchers who may be tied to both of those.
Is there some way that amplifies the possibility that those institutions will get more money than smaller institutions?
1:45 p.m.
Acting President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
That's a really good question. I might need to go back and look at the distribution of the research hospitals and then their affiliated institutions, but perhaps, theoretically....
In terms of health research, if you were, for example, to speak to HealthCareCAN and those who are active in the health research space, they would very clearly articulate the importance of being able to apply directly as a health institution as opposed to as a university, given the wide variety of priorities for a university.
I'd be happy to go back and look at the linkages between the research hospitals and the universities and, with our funding analytics team, kind of tease that out a little bit better. That's a very good question.
I did start my career, after I finished my schooling, at the CHEO Research Institute. I also had an affiliation with the University of Ottawa. At the time, I didn't really think too much about it, but obviously now I'm in the midst of it.
I appreciate the question.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Lloyd Longfield
Thank you.
Also, thank you all for being here and for staying so that we could hear your testimony today. As I said at the beginning, it was very important to hear from you. Certainly, you've given us some more details for the analyst to work with.
Before we adjourn today, I have two small items.
One is that we've circulated the budget for the upcoming study on science and research in Canada's Arctic in relation to climate change. Do we have approval for that budget so that we can keep going?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Lloyd Longfield
I see thumbs up and nods of heads. Thank you. We'll do that by consent.
Mr. Cannings mentioned that this is my last meeting. I'll be resigning the chair effective the end of the day on Monday, so Tuesday, when the meeting starts in public, the clerk will begin the meeting with the first item on the agenda being the election of a new chair. I will be continuing as a member on the side and answering questions, but, more importantly, I'll be able to do some of that work virtually, given some of the other commitments I have in my life.
Thank you all for your collaboration and co-operation in my time as chair. It's been a pleasure to serve, and I look forward to serving as a member at the side of the table.
We're going to be looking for unanimous consent in the House after question period to table report 10, which we had hoped to do at the beginning of the day today. In my role as chair, that will hopefully be something that we get completed and across the finish line. I know the Conservatives have a dissenting report they also want to table. Hopefully, we get unanimous consent to do that.
With that, I'll look for adjournment and I wish you all the best.
Thank you.