I share the concerns of my colleagues across the table. In my community, there's a very active group of people who are suffering from Lyme disease and some of the chronic conditions of Lyme disease, and they were in to see me after they had reviewed the draft report, indicating their concern with the draft report. It seemed to come down to this: was all the scientific evidence reviewed and were different weightings given to it?
I've heard very clearly from the Lyme disease community. I haven't heard from the Department of Health. I'm wondering whether the motion might be that we ask the department—I'm not sure who we're asking, but it would be whoever is involved with drafting the report—to come to the committee to talk about the work they've done and the preparation of the material. I don't think we can do a full study on Lyme disease and tear apart a report that Health Canada has put together, but I think we could hear from them and ask questions about the process of developing the report and how they've dealt with the concerns that have come from it.
It's difficult to see the affected community so disenfranchised with the report coming from Health Canada. There's a gap here somehow. Maybe we could help with that ongoing relationship if we heard from Health Canada about how they prepared it, what evidence they looked at, and how they were dealing with the concerns coming from the Lyme disease community, the people suffering with this.