The political infrastructure of this is beyond my scope. If I can simplify it, if Health Canada's mandate is the safety of our population, their mandate is oversight. We get called in to state the problems, and we have solutions, but unfortunately we never seem to be invited to the discussion table.
I'll use the CSPS. I've been called in the media Canada's leading expert on BIA-ALCL, and whoops, I forgot to go to medical school.
I say that because it's fantastic to stand in front of a podium and speak at a medical conference. I have co-authored two articles with Mark Clemens. When I heard that there was a working group for BIA-ALCL at Canadian plastic surgeons, I asked if I could simply attend a meeting and share the real-world evidence, because these Canadians were finding us on social media and in our cancer support groups. To be denied....
I don't want to just present; I want to be part of it. The CSPS national BIA-ALCL committee of physicians won't even invite us to the table, but I want to let you know what's happening with these 60 Canadians.