Health committee  They were gazetted, and that triggered a consultation process. But there was consultation prior to that also.

Health committee  Most of the comments we heard through those processes were requesting.... It's not that the people were not in accord, I guess, with what was proposed, but that they sometimes required more clarification. That's what we did, I guess, with some of the modifications we made after t

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  I cannot talk for the agency, but certainly they have a responsibility within the mandate to provide educational material and information to patients. As I said, they will also be publishing outcome information that's going to be made available to the patient, that's going to be

Health committee  I can’t speak to the legal consequences. All I can say is that Parliament approved the Bill and, consequently, we are obliged to develop the regulations and set up the agency.

Health committee  Unfortunately, I do not believe we are qualified to answer that question.

Health committee  Section 8 contains one of the last prohibitions not yet implemented. It is precisely for this reason that much importance has been given to the development of the regulations; we want to allow the implementation of section 8. The purpose of section 8 is to recognize the importan

Health committee  As Hélène was saying, if you look at section 14 of the legislation, it provides a broader framework for consent. It basically says that before you can accept gametes from a patient or before you even do a procedure, you have to make sure counseling is provided as per the regulati

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  Yes. The agency has a mandate to provide educational material and information to patients.

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  Merci. It feels like home almost.