Health committee  I was going to say--

Health committee  --in our program, we ensure that both parents have custody of the cord blood, and the custody is assumed until the age of majority. Beyond that, it becomes the property of the child. That's how our program works.

Health committee  I think the emphasis is on a system rather than a monolithic system, because we already have, within our country here, a lot of expertise, and we shouldn't let that go to waste.

Health committee  I can see a role for the federal government in the field of innovation. Stem cell therapies as we know them today are going to be something different in a few years. Without support and innovation, we will not be able to harness the resource appropriately.

Health committee  I'll answer the last one first. We don't allow home deliveries, the reason being that we are not able to certify the home environment as being safe for the collection of cord blood. However, midwives can collect cord blood for us if they work in hospitals, where hospitals are al

Health committee  I just wanted to observe that Dr. Duncan's question is very important.

Health committee  If you look at all the research that's being done in the world today on stem cells, there's almost zero in Canada, which is nothing to be proud of. The problem we have in Canada is we all have the consensus that stem cell therapy is okay and let's do it, but nobody does it.

Health committee  Thank you.

Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chairman and members of the committee. This is my first time appearing before a House of Commons committee, so pardon me if I appear nervous. I am a teacher, so I can stand in front of 200 unruly students and be able to handle them well, but when I get into situ