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Health committee  I did mention that a Canadian MS monitoring system has been established. CIHI, the Canadian Institute for Health Information, has the lead on that, with funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada, and the MS Society is part of that monitoring system. Through that system ther

May 1st, 2012Committee meeting

Deanna Groetzinger

Health committee  At the moment, because we're still in a review period, we're waiting for a successful conclusion. After that, we will be in a position to help obtain the people who want to take part in these clinical trials. We have a big network of members from coast to coast, and we will be ab

May 1st, 2012Committee meeting

Deanna Groetzinger

Health committee  No, we're fine.

May 1st, 2012Committee meeting

Deanna Groetzinger

Health committee  Okay. Our Manitoba division of the MS Society has been working very closely with the Manitoba government on a number of other initiatives regarding caregivers. I think Manitoba has done some great leadership in that area. Thank you.

May 1st, 2012Committee meeting

Deanna Groetzinger

Health committee  Perfect. I'll start by saying that actually, interestingly enough, the MS Society of Canada funds a large research program, and obviously one of the targets we want to support is looking at actually what triggers this disease. I think it was Dr. Sellah who asked the question a

May 1st, 2012Committee meeting

Deanna Groetzinger

Health committee  Dr. Brenda Banwell's study of CCSVI possible in children is still ongoing. It's part of the suite of seven studies that the MS Society of Canada and the National MS Society are funding. The results are not yet available. We were at the 18-month mark a couple of months ago. This

May 1st, 2012Committee meeting

Deanna Groetzinger

Health committee  Yes, that's right.

May 1st, 2012Committee meeting

Deanna Groetzinger

Health committee  No. A half million for this first stage, our board wants to reserve the remaining half million for a phase three trial if phase one and two are successful. It makes sense to us to be careful of our donors' dollars, and to do it in a phased kind of way.

May 1st, 2012Committee meeting

Deanna Groetzinger

Health committee  Sorry, I should correct that if I misspoke. It's not a request for clinical trials, but a request for research into the relationship between CCSVI and MS. It's not a trial.

May 1st, 2012Committee meeting

Deanna Groetzinger

Health committee  Thank you very much, Dr. Duncan, for being one of the champions in Parliament for people with MS. As I've said before, I think we are moving in terms of research at lightning speed and we're seeing that benefit. So thanks to you and thanks to really everyone across the board.

May 1st, 2012Committee meeting

Deanna Groetzinger

Health committee  Sorry, but I do want to recognize that. In terms of that particular conference, I'm not a researcher, so I'm not sure who might have been there.

May 1st, 2012Committee meeting

Deanna Groetzinger

Health committee  Absolutely, but as I said, it wouldn't be me who would be attending that, so I'm sorry, I really can't comment on that.

May 1st, 2012Committee meeting

Deanna Groetzinger

Health committee  Absolutely.

May 1st, 2012Committee meeting

Deanna Groetzinger

Health committee  Sorry, we weren't involved with that particular meeting, so it would really be more of a question for the organizers of that.

May 1st, 2012Committee meeting

Deanna Groetzinger

Health committee  I am not aware of that; sorry, Dr. Duncan.

May 1st, 2012Committee meeting

Deanna Groetzinger