Thank you very much to officials who are remaining, because there are obviously a lot more questions that we have.
I actually want to focus my five minutes on the most recent issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, where a very strong editorial was written expressing their concern about the fact that RU-486, mifepristone—which is basically a medical abortion pill—has not yet been approved in Canada.
It is registered in 57 countries. It's a pill that provides very safe access for a medical abortion, particularly for women in rural and remote countries.
I think there's a lot of concern, and certainly when we see an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal questioning why it hasn't been approved in Canada and why it's taking so long.... It's very timely that you're here, and hopefully we can get some answers on that.
The subtext of it is that more and more people are very concerned that there is an increasing politicization of medical decisions in Canada. We just had a little back-and-forth about the special access program and the SALOME trial program. There is a lot of concern that this is yet another example where we see the politicization of what should be an expert medical decision. Obviously this pill that's been approved in other countries is extremely important in terms of access and safety for women, so what's the holdup in Canada? Why have we not approved it, and why is it still sitting there to the extent that the Canadian Medical Association Journal now feels compelled to write a very strong editorial about it?