Certainly in Australia they've had some issues with this and they've overcome some of them. New Zealand has done the same thing. Parts of the United States—the Framingham study, for example—have been famous all over the world because they've been able to get access to the databases. You know, we have provincial databases that are fantastic if you can get access to them, but they're often protected and they say they can't give you access because of the privacy issues.
We're dealing with this in Alberta right now and trying to get better access. We have researchers who come to the province and then go outside the province to get access to the data so they can publish their work. It's ridiculous. Canada with its public health system should be leading the world in access to data and working out how we can improve the outcomes of health care.