Coalition pushes federal government for $500-million investment in stem cell cures

Debbie Lawes
March 4, 2016

By Debbie Lawes

Is half a billion dollars too big a budget ask to cure chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's that account for the bulk of Canada's health care costs? It's a tantalizing prospect for a strained healthcare system, and one a private-sector led coalition suggests is within reach if the Trudeau government, health charities and industry join forces in an unprecedented $1.

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