Thank you very much.
Through you, Mr. Chair, to Dr. Nicolaidis, I was a family doctor for a long time. It seems unconscionable that we would put things in people's bodies without knowing whose they were in, what the serial numbers were and those kinds of things. Could you imagine someone putting in a pacemaker, not knowing whether there was a recall on it? It seems absolutely ludicrous. I guess I can't understand why CIHI or any other government agency would hesitate on this.
That being said, my question for you, sir, is this: Do we need more study on implants in general, and would you encourage a study here at the health committee, with a view to making recommendations to Health Canada on the safety of implants? Are we there now, or do we need the registry first to gather more data?
Maybe you could give us an idea about that, Dr. Nicolaidis.