Thank you to all of the witnesses for joining us this evening.
This will be for Dr. Allaire and Ms. Wahl from EndoAct, first of all.
In the submission to this committee, you note, “Federally, endometriosis is not included in the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research...have not invested in endometriosis as a priority area.”
You also stated—and I think all of the witnesses commented on this—the high number of women who suffer from endometriosis. It's one in 10 women, and the research is not even done on those who are transgender, non-binary and two-spirit.
Why is endometriosis not included in the Canadian chronic disease surveillance system and why hasn't it been a priority for that federal funding?