TORONTO - The head of the Consumers Association of Canada says he's shocked to see what a small proportion of dollars donated to the Canadian Cancer Society is going to research.
Bruce Cran was reacting to a media report showing that over the last decade, the share of Cancer Society revenues earmarked for research has continually shrunk while the proportion for fundraising efforts has grown dramatically.
The CBC program "Marketplace" analyzed the charity’s financial reports and found that money spent on research has been nearly cut in half — dropping to about 22 per cent this year from 40.3 per cent in 2000.
The reports also show that fundraising is getting the greatest portion of donor dollars — up to 42.7 per cent in 2011 from 26 per cent in 2000.
Cran says many Canadians donate to the society in the belief that a good chunk of their dollars are going to researchers trying to conquer cancer.
It gets worse - most of the research is to help Big Pharma have another expensive drug you take WHEN you have cancer. Almost no money goes into preventing you from getting cancer - after all the big money is in treating you when you have it.
We are a cancer family and stay away from all the hype - what we try and do is live a life that keeps our risk down.
