Thank you also to you three out there, and especially to Ms. Hedberg in Oregon, for taking the time here today. I'm looking behind you at the scene outside and I'm quite jealous of how it's looking there. We've been going through quite the snowstorm here and it's been brutal, so we're mad at you for having such nice weather.
Dr. Lapointe, you talked about analysis on the streets. We heard testimony from Deputy Commissioner Barnum of the Ontario Provincial Police. He talked about the bad batches of methamphetamine out on the streets. He said there was an urgent requirement to analyze these drugs, and he recommended that Health Canada increase its capacity to conduct timely drug analysis.
Can the coroner's office expedite any type of analysis of individuals who come in? Of course, if they've passed away, you're able to do an analysis of what killed them. Can you get a timely analysis of the type of drug? Right now Health Canada takes 45 to 60 days to analyze a drug and then to report that to the police. By then, of course, there are many deaths.