Quote:
Originally Posted by Jak  "August: The important question is: Who funded the research??
KickStart101: Most of the money donated comes from the Canadians. We
are a small population but we are also spunky and Very generous.
JaysonJayhawk: Like August said, I'm sure the investors are watching this carefully. A cure would mean a loss of hundreds, if not, thousands of jobs, in the diabetes care industry for Type 1 diabetes."
This research was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Alberta Heritage Foundation, Banting & Best Diabetes Centre, the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario, the Canadian Arthritis Network, the Canadian MS Society and SickKids Foundation.
The only investors per se are the governments (federal/provincial) and individuals who donated to these various causes and/or charities. |
Yes, we are well aware, thanks. Among other charities we give
to 1 on that list.
I was speaking basics without getting political. The government
gets most of the money to give to researchers from us, the taxpayers.
It's the Canadians who do the fund raising and donating to make
up for the money the government keeps slashing out of hospitals,
etc. so they can put it where they want. The research is Great
but they put alot of that money where we don't want it to go.
No matter how you go around it, the government still gets most
of the money for research here, from us, the People.
