Mr. Chair, maybe to clarify Health Canada's role, or at least the institution I have administrative responsibilities for, it is responsible for regulating the safety of organs and tissues for transplantation. We have provided funding over the last number of years to Canadian Blood Services to work on this issue.
I would readily acknowledge that this is a very important issue and we need to do more, but the principal work on organ and tissue donation has been through CBS and our work with the provinces and territories. Our principal role as Health Canada has actually been to regulate these activities.
In terms of the government's position on the bill and its approach, I don't want to pre-empt what the government's decision might be on a matter before Parliament. Again, I think this is probably one matter that the minister or the government might want to respond to.