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- Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 11:11:55 EST
- From: <FORSDYKE@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Message-ID: <92356.111155FORSDYKE@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Newsgroups: sci.research,sci.med,can.politics
- Subject: Canadians Alert! MRC Budget
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- Hidden away in Mr. Mazankowski's economy measures of Dec. 4th was the
- decision to freeze the budget of the Medical Research Council for the next two
- years, reneging on the much-touted previous commitment to provide 4% increases
- for the next 4 years. Many wrote to Minister Winegard thanking him for securing
- these increases, so it may now be appropriate to express our dismay at this
- betrayal. The sum which will be saved will be $65 million out of a total budget
- reduction of $4.253 billion (i.e. 1.5%), but the impact on medical research in
- Canada will be immense.
-
- Canadians are encouraged to write to their Member of Parliament, the
- Hon. William C. Winegard (Minister of Science) and other appropriate MPs
-
- Note that the next election will be in 1993.
-