My response to the honourable member is that I did not want to paint a picture that the activities of the board did not generate spirited debate. Right from 1989, this has been a very emotional issue, and the emotions in this issue continue today. It's 21 years since Canada began down the road to have a regulated service on assisted human reproduction. In my view, it's time to get on and get the regulatory process in place.
Now, that will require a lot of spirited debate within the committee, but members around this table who belong to caucuses or who have belonged to cabinets know what spirited debate is all about. We do as a board need space to think, because if the answers were easy, we wouldn't be here today. The answers are difficult.
On the other hand, perhaps that's why, 21 years down the road, we're still not licensing and insisting on compliance.