Wake up, Canada: there’s no health or wealth without proper funding of health research

Canada provides significantly more in annual subsidies for the fossil fuel industry than it does to conduct the research that underpins the health and wealth of Canadians.

Health Minister Mark Holland. Funding for investigator-driven health research is the water that is necessary to produce the fruits of health and wealth for Canadians, write Abraham Fuks, John Bergeron, and Senator Stanley Kutcher.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ABRAHAM FUKS, JOHN BERGERON, ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER

September 11, 2024

Canada’s funding of health research—primarily through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research—has been declining rapidly in comparison to key G7 competitors. The ...

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