Health committee  The regulations do actually allow it up until the stem cell line use.

Health committee  That's 12(v). It's worded that up until the point that the stem cell line is created, you cannot withdraw, and the reason behind that comes from an old philosophical perspective in political philosophy having to do with law. You've mixed your labour with it, and therefore, in fac

Health committee  That's another study that was done in the United States, with a very small sample size. If I were being critical of the study, I would say it's an extremely small sample size. You can't really generalize from it. The problem is there is just so little empirical data. People are

Health committee  Yes, I would say that so far I've been quite pleased with the consultation process. I think it has been open to hearing different perspectives and responding to them. And I'm also aware, in terms of the initiatives going forward.... I would be quite certain, for example, that the

Health committee  I would have to say that I would prefer to see a bit of tweaking, nothing major in terms of the orientation, but I wouldn't be able to say wholeheartedly “passed as worded”. I think my main comments have to do with the issue around withdrawal. It says only at the point at which t

Health committee  I have been consulted in the past on this issue.

Health committee  It was explained that we would make that interpretation. It is still possible that they did not agree with how we explicitly said we would understand or interpret that behaviour, but I did want to specify that it was not a case of not getting a response because Canada Post return

Health committee  That's the reiterated consent described in the 2002 guidelines.

Health committee  I'd just say that scientists should not be acting on their feelings; they should be acting on the data. The published data say very clearly that you do not get an advantage from using fresh embryos as opposed to frozen and thawed embryos. If somebody can show me data that says ot

Health committee  That's correct, and please, I want to be explicit. Both Mr. Caulfield and I were involved in drafting the 2002 guidelines, so my support of them may be biased.

Health committee  The 2005 amendments were made on the basis of recommendations from the stem cell oversight committee and some recommendations from the CIHR governing council. They would then have been approved at the level of the governing council within CIHR. They then would have been taken to

Health committee  The 2002 process did have a public consultation. That public consultation was criticized for not being broad enough; however, there was a consultation. There was no consultation for subsequent changes; consultation is in fact not required, so their actions were consistent with wh

Health committee  I will stand behind what I said. I work very closely with Jeff Nisker. He's a PI on a project I have that is funded by CIHR. I am working with him looking at healthy embryos. I saw drafts of the documents sent out to those couples, and these were not returned as not deliverable.

Health committee  I did just want to say that we had completed a study. It's referenced in number 5. It was published in 2005 and it looked at the consent process for embryos for research. We found only two clinics that did the same thing, and that was because they used the same form and were part

Health committee  I have said that we need clarity with respect to whether or not you can get consent—because that's what we're talking about—for the research use of fresh and frozen embryos. It does need to be addressed, because there are references to the timing of withdrawal having to do with t