Merci, monsieur le président.
Thank you to all the presenters for being here today.
There are a couple of points that concern me about this. I think we all agree that we need a safe standard of care, safety in the supply, safety in the chain, and safety in handling. What concerns me a little bit is that when I am on my death bed and I need a transplant, I want to be able to take an informed risk. I'm not going to worry that it's going to make me sick if it's going to keep me alive.
Second, to take that informed risk, there has to be a supply. It appears that with the measures that have been taken, we're reducing the availability of the supply. We're eliminating a whole group of individuals in society who may pose no more risk because of the safety of their organs than I do. But they can't now, based on the criteria given, sign their donor cards. Should they die in an accident, or should they die quickly, their organs are not available for the patient to take an informed risk and consider.
So I think our job is to see if there is a better way to achieve the same thing. It is to see if we can modify what you've come up with in a way that achieves both those things.
The first quick question I would have for Ms. Ballantyne is whether, when these regulations were gazetted, the general standards were included with the regulations. Did the people who were checking the regulations have access to both?