Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  I would like to talk for a moment about the other side of their research agenda, which is the quality of life research for people living with Parkinson's and their caregivers. I think we are on the cusp of finding out a great deal about depression in Parkinson's and how a person's life can be made better in the time they have left through the arts, music, dance, and drama.

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  Thank you. I remembered my point. Talking about the researchers at Parkinson Society Canada, the money that we can give out for the grants is so limited that we focus on new pilot ideas, small projects that can be funded, so they can then go on to CIHR and the bigger funding institutions.

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  I was just going to say that in terms of the research, the applications that were coming forward.... I've lost my thought. I'm sorry.

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  All right. Thank you.

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  Thank you. Okay.

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  I'm very encouraged by the new inroads being taken by the national brain strategy and collaborative organizations like that. Different units of interest are coming together and focusing on the brain, and organizations are sharing information. As a person with Parkinson's, what I'm most interested in seeing is that the research is not isolated in pockets across the country.

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  Thank you. My name is Fran Squire, and I'm a person living with Parkinson's. I was diagnosed 16 years ago, when I was teaching grades 7 and 8, completing a doctoral thesis in education, and raising two young children. The story of diagnosis is the first hurdle that people with chronic disease must face.