Health committee  Actually we do have some ideas. First, Madam Chair, members of the committee, I would ask you to consider this: we have been debating the new regulations since 11 a.m. All the while, people have been dying in Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto and London. These are the people who are on my mind.

Health committee  Would the member be so kind as to repeat his question. I didn't understand it.

Health committee  First of all, I want to repeat what I said earlier. The expertise that we have acquired since 1983 is of a technical, not scientific, nature. Our mission has been focused on promoting organ donation and recognizing donors, encouraging them to join the cause and ensuring medical assistance throughout Quebec.

Health committee  Madam Chair, distinguished guests and members of the Standing Committee on Health, I'd like to begin by telling you a little about the Canadian Organ Donors Association, or CODA. Since its founding in December 1983, CODA has been working in the community to carry out its mission to promote organ and tissue donation and to ensure national recognition of deceased donors, either posthumously or during their lifetime.