Madam Speaker, I want to speak to some of the amendments in this group that I think are worthy of support and some that I think would set a dangerous precedent. Some may in fact harm the bill and harm the cause and rights of a lot of people who are involved in using reproductive technologies as well as their children.
I want to speak specifically to the concern that a lot of people have that was mentioned by one of the members earlier, and that is the amendment that refers to mandating the donor's identity whether it be for ova, sperm or embryos. The member made some good points. He said that we need to know the genetic history of those donors so that the child born of such a technology would know its medical and genetic history. This is important and I fully agree with the hon. member.