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TO CANADIAN PIEN'ers I recall a couple of messages on our listserve from our American colleagues on the subject of reference by President Clinton in his recent State of the Union address to funding for Parkinson's disease. The Canadian counterpart of this political event is the presentation of the annual budget by our Minister of Finance Paul Martin on Tuesday this week. For those who sat through this almost two hours of showing how the Liberals are meeting the health care needs of Canadians may recall there was mention of federal funding of prevention of disease but specifically only diabetes and cancer. I just completed residing the detailed budget papers which were released along with Martin's speech. One of the documents is a pamphlet entitled STRENGTHENING HEALTH CARE FOR CANADIANS which provides a section on examples of ' Federal Research Dollars at Work. ' The following was cited:- Dr. Alec MacKenzie and Dr. Robert Komeluk of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa discovered a family of genes that control normal cell death through a process called apoptosis. The ability to control these genes-turning them on or off-could help patients suffering from major diseases, including Parkinson's. Did anyone find any other gems which should be followed up?? Cheers, Ken Clements Ottawa < [log in to unmask]