In case you missed it: We’re continuing to make significant investments in health care research.
Budget 2019 proposes these strategic health research investments:
✔️$18 million for the Stem Cell Network – Réseau de cellules souches‘ research for new therapies and medical treatments.
✔️ $40 million for the Brain Canada Foundation to help the medical community better understand the brain and brain health so they can improve those affected by neurological injury and disease.
✔️ $150 million investment in the The Terry Fox Foundation‘s Research Institute to help establish a national Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network.
✔️ $10 million to Ovarian Cancer Canada to help address existing gaps in knowledge about effective prevention, screening, and treatment options for ovarian cancer.
✔️ $100 million investment in Genome Canada to ensure that that Canada’s research community continues to have access to the resources needed to make transformative scientific breakthroughs in genomics science.