Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remind colleagues of the leading role Canadian doctors play in the advancement of heart research.
In a report to be published in the European Heart Journal this November, Canada is cited as one of the top three research leaders in the field of cardiology despite ranking 13th in expenditure on research and development per capita.
This year, Canadian physicians again made an enormous contribution at the congress of the International Society for Heart Research, held in Prague.
I was especially delighted to note the achievement of Dr. Naranjan Dhalla of Winnipeg who has served as president of that body for the past 25 years. Dr. Dhalla was identified at the congress as "the person primarily responsible for the remarkable development of the International Society for Heart Research". In fact, with the assistance of others he was also able to bring the 17th congress of this prestigious association to Winnipeg for the year 2001.
Mr. Speaker, the impressive-