Rae highlights research in campaign platform

Liberal leadership contender Bob Rae has unveiled key planks of his campaign platform that include support for increased funding to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and a national research and innovation strategy. Rae says a "cornerstone for the health care system needs to be high-quality research funded through CIHR, adding that the funding should be on a "predictable basis". His call for a new strategy focuses on the need to involve all stakeholders and that "Ottawa should be a full partner in supporting the base operations of colleges and universities and priorities for labour market training, apprenticeship, research and graduate education."