Ottawa must boost financial support for health research for post-pandemic recovery

Having a stable and competitive business environment in which the health and biosciences sector can innovate is essential to ensure that future major outbreaks are effectively and efficiently contained.

Health Minister Patty Hajdu has a hand in overseeing Canada's response to the pandemic. Canada has not built strong, cohesive policies and political will to unite these sectors to properly support health research and innovation in our country, write Paul-Émile Cloutier and Deborah Gordon-El-Bihbety.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PAUL-ÉMILE CLOUTIER AND DEBORAH GORDON-EL-BIHBETY

May 3, 2021

Fundamental science provided the building blocks for the scientific community’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and was the foundation for the rapid development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines to combat the virus. Fundamental science can also be the foun...

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