Finance committee  I think the recommendations that have come out to the government are basically around the partnership and to investigate our key knowledge gaps including the impact of neurological conditions that begin early in life, which we are all seeing more of. There is also the relationshi

Finance committee  Correct.

Finance committee  I'm not fully conversant with all of that, but I can say that for the neurological study that was done, with 19 different studies on the neurological diseases, all of the groups came together to look at the expectations and at what the future would be for many of them. For exampl

Finance committee  Absolutely.

Finance committee  I would absolutely recommend that. I think it's important because I see families all the time that are not able to do that and are struggling. I think your comment about the health care system and trying to figure it out is a challenge. In our recommendations, you'll notice und

Finance committee  We do receive a benefit when we file our income tax for it. It helps provide some relief, but certainly not all of it. If you look at the total loss of income since my wife was diagnosed, you can see that it's quite significant, and then with me also retiring early, it has certai

Finance committee  It provides limited offset, I would say, and certainly in some families it's probably a lot less, particularly because it's a credit as opposed to a direct dollar reduction in personal taxes or whatever.

Finance committee  Absolutely.

Finance committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. On behalf of Neurological Health Charities Canada, I am grateful for the opportunity to provide input to the committee. Our recommendations to you are based on the collective insight of the NHCC's member organizations as w