Great, and if you have something to say, just let me know. I'll give you a chance to present during the course of the morning. We won't forget about you; even though we can't see you, we can hear you. Thank you for joining us.
We now have with us, from the Alberta Cord Blood Bank, Dr. John Akabutu, the executive medical director. Welcome. I'm glad you could be here.
We have, from Canadian Blood Services, Dr. Graham Sher, chief executive officer. Welcome. We also have Jean-Paul Bédard, vice-president of public affairs, and Jennifer Philippe, director, from the OneMatch stem cell and marrow network. It's wonderful to see you again. We quite enjoyed the time we have with you at our awareness campaign here on Parliament Hill, when some of you joined us here. Thank you for that.
We have a very special person here this morning—to my family anyway—Dr. Morel Rubinger, associate professor of medicine, University of Manitoba. Thank you so much, Dr. Rubinger, for coming today.
From the Department of Health, we have Liz Anne Gillham-Eisen, manager, blood, cells, tissues, organs and xenografts, office of policy and international collaboration of the biologics and genetic therapies directorate. Welcome, and my goodness that's a long title.