If we look at what we can do at the national level, considering the provincial and federal jurisdictions, I think we have the right elements already in place in this country. I think we just need to support and enhance these resources. Canadian Blood Services is the group that can set the national policy and can do the coordination across the country between the different provincial organizations to ensure that everyone is well supported and that we strengthen interprovincial allocation and sharing. It has the resources and the different programs in place. We just need to ensure that these are sustained and well supported and that we have an independent, national research organization that provides the innovation and the new technology to be able to strengthen our organ donation system and improve long-term outcomes for transplant recipients.
The challenge—and I think Dr. Kneteman and Dr. West brought this up as well—is that both of these systems are not sustainable and currently do not have a long-term strategy. I think this is a role that the federal government can play, and this is the leadership that can come from the federal system to ensure that the national research structure that we've created doesn't disappear and that Canadian Blood Services continues to be empowered to provide a leadership role and bring the provinces together.