Thank you very much, Mr. Ayoub.
Our government certainly understands and recognizes the importance of organ donation in Canada. Personally, I am very interested in the issue. One of our good friends recently had an organ transplant. He now has a new lease on life. It is heartwarming.
Since 2008, provincial and territorial governments have made major investments in this area. For our part, we have invested over $69 million to support Canadian Blood Services. We want to help coordinate interprovincial organ and tissue donations. Further, we invested $100 million in research between 2012 and 2017 to better understand the situation, the issues, and the challenges.
Finally, to coordinate our approach on this file, we continue to work with the provinces and territories. We know we have to work very closely with them in order to be in a better position to develop our strategy and move forward.