Thank you so much.
Thank you to all the witnesses today.
It is just so shocking to me that people making decisions about life and death matters are not experts in the field.
There's this whole notion of bias. I spent almost 20 years in academia. There is no research that is unbiased, and you have to identify that bias. It is a non-relevant argument, in fact, that's being used. I find it horrifying.
I also found it horrifying, Dr. McKerlie, that they're using research from the 1980s that was comprised of 98% Caucasian women. If we want to talk about bias, that screams bias to me.
Would you recommend that the federal government make major investments in genetic research to identify hidden genetic factors for Black people, indigenous people and people of colour?