I want to thank you very much, Mr. Genuis, for putting this incredibly important bill forward, and others before you—Mr. Wrzesnewskyj and others. I'd just like to reassure you that we absolutely support... I have one hundred per cent support for what you are doing. It has been a long time coming. I think that illegal organ trafficking is probably one of the vilest and most inhumane, worst forms of trafficking and of crimes that are happening internationally. Canada should be leading the world in this regard. We also share your urgency to make sure we get legislation passed on this.
In terms of the international community, in the subcommittee on human rights we heard Uighur testimony that they're being asked for DNA samples, which raises a very dark spectre of why are they being asked for DNA samples. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime is saying that armed groups and terrorist groups are now using trafficking, including organ trafficking, as a means of funding their terrorist activities.
No Canadian, I believe, would ever want to receive an organ from somebody where the person was either murdered or was extorted or coerced. I think this is something we all know is absolutely wrong. Could you tell the committee what are the trends internationally? Is this a problem that is increasing? Is this a problem that is getting worse? Is it spreading? What are the international trends?