If there are no other comments.... My interest in this is the fact that there are so many Canadians consuming it, and it's growing. Trust me, it is growing. Is it in our interest to simply ignore the problem and say that we're just going to keep it illegal and you can take your chances, or is it in the interest of the government, from a public health perspective, to actually look at how other jurisdictions regulate this and attempt to keep it safe?
I think that's what the role of our committee is. It's not to come to a conclusion one way or the other, but to study the fact that this happens in Canada. It's an unregulated market. Other jurisdictions have regulated it. Are we just going to ignore it and let people kind of take their own lives in their hands? There are varying degrees of safety standards. That's my interest here from a public health and safety perspective. The government can play a real role in establishing standards for something that does exist. It's not going to help us if we just turn a blind eye to it.
That's how I respond.