I want to thank my colleague Ryan Leef for bringing forward what I think is a very important study that this committee needs to do.
Following on the earlier discussion with Mr. McKay, I note for the record that Mr. McKay mentions he's been here 17 years. A number of those years, quite a few in fact, were as part of a majority Liberal government. I guess he could ask himself why the Liberals didn't move forward on this when they had the opportunity to do so, especially since he thinks it has been studied a lot.
From my perspective, Mr. Leef, although I've been aware for many years that there are people who suffer from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, I had no idea the extent and the cost and the depth of the issue with respect to the people who suffer from this disorder. So I've already been enlightened quite a bit by that, and I thank you for that.
You probably are aware that in our last meeting the committee passed a motion to travel to Yukon to hear from some people there who are experts on this issue. I wonder if you could tell us whether you think that's a good idea and whether you think it would be a productive use of the committee's time in advancing our knowledge and understanding of this topic, and tell us what you think it would mean to the people that we would potentially be meeting in Yukon.