We're prepared to go to the government's suggestion, but let it be known within the committee that I have deep concerns with the approach taken by government officials on this one, particularly to raise the spectre of people not being able to gain access to needed surgeries.
There are two reasons. One built right into this regulation would allow the government to extend the use of devices that contain DEHP. That was one of the things we said. The second is that we have list after list of hospitals in Canada and North America that are going DEHP-free, clearly not jeopardizing their patients.
So while I will withdraw this amendment because it was some part of the negotiation, it's absolutely ridiculous to keep suggesting this notion that someone's going to be lying on a hospital table somewhere in Canada not being able to receive medical assistance because of this bill's proposal. Government, at some point or another, will find its way to where the medical consensus is coming from, that DEHP-free medical devices are becoming a standard. They are becoming a norm because the companies are making them, the hospitals are accepting them, and they're advertising the fact they are DEHP-free. So we'll move to the labelling as a first step, but this effort is certainly not done today.
So I'll withdraw this motion.