I appreciate the question. This is something that I think is of critical importance to Canadians. Canada has one of the safest—if not the safest, according to some sources—blood systems in the world. There has been no change in the government's policy on blood donations. Blood used for transfusion is collected only from volunteer donors in Canada.
The manufacturing of plasma products is not a new practice. In some cases, that is the situation that is currently being discussed in Canada.