OTTAWA Alain Beaudet, almost from the moment he became president of the Health Research Institutes Canada 2 years ago, spoke of the need for an initiative of several billion dollars to fight against disease and Alzheimer's dementia. (In Canada alone, the prevalence of dementia will more than double in 30 years, according to the Alzheimer Society of Canada.) Beaudet spoke flamboyant way with massive spending that could inspire or take advantage of other countries and investments create a global research network.
But this dream seems to have run a deficit on the head of the government. Sources say that the height of Beaudet for the funding of research on dementia in the Conservative Party in power was massively revised down recently something of the order of hundreds of millions of dollars to a far more modest 10 million $. The 2010-2011 budget, sources say, would be used to develop the parameters of a national dementia strategy over the next few years. Even $ 10 million may be too rich for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. His team's office is trying to reduce a deficit which soared to $ 53.5 billion as a result of economic stimulus measures during the recession. Managers are all but trip over themselves to lay the clearing for the cuts to come, which will be unveiled in March.
Beaudet now speaking Canada as an "honest broker" for collaborative projects, rather than a big spender, and gamely hopes his discussions with other nations will eventually produce dividends, as a flat international Platform to focus on early detection and treatment of dementia. "It really is not coordinated at present," says Beaudet. "We may share animal models. We may share patient cohorts. We could put our minds together to develop biomarkers more rapidly "But he adds." If we want to be at all important in this game, we will increase our investments significantly
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