Thanks very much, Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Calkins. Obviously, you came very well prepared. That is the testimony that I think we heard back during the original debate around Bill C-47. We heard that exact testimony.
I hope that all members of the committee have had the opportunity to read this report by Deloitte. It's a telltale report, of course, underlining very clearly that they were unable to find any deaths due to natural health products. In my reading of it, there were perhaps 32 hospitalizations in three years due to natural health products, so their safety record, as you outlined very clearly, Mr. Calkins, is quite excellent.
That said, one thing that we all receive as members of Parliament is a considerable amount of correspondence from Canadians. Maybe you could talk a bit about that.
The other important part, I think, is related to how many female entrepreneurs are actually in the natural health product industry and how important that is to their success as individuals.