[al from Canada]

Dear Veronica,

This issue transcends politics and it is my view that BC research has a hell of a lot more to do with the all mighty $$ than a political agenda. As well, historically the "political solution" has always had more to do with psychological perception than with objectified results. I still fall back on my thought that advocacy groups may be the vehicle to change. Although there is probably a very loose connection between all of the various advocacy groups, I don't think it would take an act of God to united them. It only takes one to get the ball rolling and then pressure on the others to join in.

All that being said, I feel that it could take an outside non-partisan group such as ourselves to lobby attention to the problem and then to rally the troups behind our initial supporter for a unified movement .

To be clear, what we want is giving oncologists discretionary power over treatments for terminally ill cancer patients, and these treatments be within the parametres of our publically funded health care system. (ie, administering hopeful drugs, off-label to stage 4 cancer patients) If those are the battle lines, count me in.

Regards,
Al