The Canadian Institute for Health Information released a study which says that Canada could reduce its constant shortage of organs for transplant by harvesting more organs form older donors. For example, fewer than 10 per cent of organ donors in the state of Manitoba are over the age of 60. Another way would be to allow transplant from donations after circulatory/ cardiac death. On a positive note, Manitoba has the largest number of number of non- Caucasian population who are donors in Canada. Dr. Faisal Siddiqui, an organ donation physician with Transplant Manitoba’s Gift of life programme, says that is something to be very proud of. Another matter to be appreciated, according to him is that Manitoba has a high number of organs transplanted per donor. We’re at 4.3 organs per donor, compared to a province like Quebec at only 3.2,” he says. K athleen Marris, who is with the Canadian Institute for Health Information, says that it is very important that people sign up to be donor and express their willingness to donate to their family. This gives the family something to go by if they are asked to make that difficult decision.