You would have heard earlier from my colleague Dr. Cohn, who has data that indicate that between 30% and 35% of individuals who would have been eligible and interested in participating in genetic research and genomics research declined to participate specifically because of this. We are risking the promise of the Human Genome Project, basically. If we can't move ahead with that kind of research, and if we can't use this information for the benefit of our patients without these concerns, we are missing out on the entire promise of that huge multi-billion dollar investment.
The answer is, we are starting to slip behind, and we will slip further behind very quickly if this worry about discrimination continues to exist for Canadians.