Health committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. HealthCareCAN is an organization that represents Canadian research hospitals, regional health authorities and health organizations. My thanks to the committee members for the opportunity to present to you today with my colleague, Dr. Brad Wouters,

Finance committee  I'll start, and I'll ask Heidi to continue. Dominic Barton, who, as you all know, started this particular table, approached us and said he'd be interested in knowing what the research hospitals are doing in terms of innovation. When he did his study—his first study, that is—he c

Finance committee  Exactly. That's why I said that. However, the results and the outcome in terms of patient care, delivering an efficient and better system, are more seen in a hospital setting than at the university, and also the commercialization. The issue that we had, if I may, with ISED, with

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  My wife is a physician, but I'm not.

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, honourable members of the committee, thank you for having me today. I represent HealthCareCAN, the national voice of Canada's health care organizations and research hospitals. I am happy to have next to me Heidi Sveistrup, who is the chief executive officer and chief