We were certainly very pleased when Mr. Bell brought forth the motion. As many of you will know, Mr. Bell had a grandson who had a rare disorder and who unfortunately passed away from his disorder a couple of years ago, in fact, before the motion was actually introduced. He continues to speak and work in the area of rare disorders. The motion had called for a report to give us a status in terms of rare disorders in Canada. Unfortunately, when Parliament dissolved, the report was not in fact continued.
We know there is work on the regulatory front. I hope I'm not speaking out of turn or getting anybody in the bureaucracy in trouble by saying that we know work is taking place. We were very pleased because we had an opportunity to provide some input into that work.
I think if you were to ask for a status report in terms of the drafting of a regulatory framework that's taking place right now, you would be pleased, because we are very pleased. We think there are some very good people who have put together a regulatory framework in terms of what the Europeans have and what the U.S. has. It's the best of the best, I would say.
If we had it implemented today, we would be far ahead of the game. We could put ourselves in a position so that when Peter, Gail, and I go to international meetings and say we're from Canada and we deal with rare disorders, we could speak proudly. I think we sometimes duck when we're there. We honestly do.
I think it's very close. Work has been started. I think it needs some official recognition in order to move forward. There's a lot that's been done.