Mr. Speaker, everybody in the House wants a safe blood supply in this country, and everybody wants to end the discriminatory blood ban. These two issues are not incompatible. Yes, I know the minister has not received the package yet. However, he knows it is coming.
There needs to be an urgency. There needs to be something of dignity to show that men who have sex with men can walk and chew gum, as an analogy, for lack of a better one. The minister could say he knows it is coming. He could outline the process and the time frame, give a date and give hope to make it happen.
I will say to the minister that I am not going away on this issue. Tonight's late show is one thing. It will continue. More detail, more urgency and more dignity need to be given to this issue. We are getting close, but the bureaucratic answers have to stop.
We can and we must end the blood ban now. Please.