The feeling was that losing anonymity was off-putting for someone who wouldn't know where they would be in 18 years' time.

You know you can't lose the point, and you know if you think about losing it, you're going to lose it.

I used to believe that the sorrow of any parent losing a child is the greatest sorrow anyone can know. But it got worse.

It is clear, now that we can recruit only donors willing to be identified, that we need to change our strategies to target men in established relationships.

With the change in anonymity rules coming we saw a sharp fall in numbers and a change in the profile of applicants, perhaps reflecting the attitudes of different groups to anonymity.

This is proof that we are committed to reconciling aboriginal rights in Canada, ... We aren't stuck in the past, we are prepared to evolve.