California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty are expected to sign the deal on Wednesday as part of the California governor’s three-day trade mission to Canada.

Government sources say funding for the agreement will be provided by the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.

The agreement is expected to be signed at the MaRS Discovery District research centre in Toronto.

Schwarzenegger is a leading supporter of stem-cell research and said he hopes new discoveries will lead to “a cure for deadly and debilitating diseases.”

The governor’s own father-in-law suffers from Alzheimer’s disease.

Canadian scientists are pioneers in stem-cell research and were the first to isolate cancer stem cells in leukemia, brain and colon cancer.

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