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2013-11-25
Ben Lobb - 16:23
NDP (QC)
Isabelle Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine)
2013-11-25 16:23
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I would like to thank the minister for being here today. I quite enjoyed your speech.
You mentioned safe and healthy food for Canadians. You said a great deal about safety, regulation, providing information and communications, but you did not discuss food in and of itself. Yet, in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has ordered the American food industry to begin to gradually eliminate trans fats from processed food. I think this is a good measure.
In this country however, the government is not listening. Even in your own department, certain experts have recommended the regulation of food processing and ensuring such foods contain less fat and salt. I believe these measures would improve the health of Canadians. I am not talking simply about influencing their food choices. Here in Canada, our cereal contains much more salt than it does in the U.S., and the quantity of trans fats found in processed food is truly unbelievable.
Why have we not followed the U.S. example and that of many other countries by taking similar measures? When will we be able to implement such measures?
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Department of Health
Food labelling
Nutrition
Supplementary estimates (B) 2013-2014
Hon. Rona Ambrose - 16:24
NDP (QC)
Isabelle Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine)
2013-11-25 16:25
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I am sorry to interrupt you, but we do not have much time.
I agree with you. I think transparency in labelling is very important. Furthermore, I also believe we should change the food itself. It is not enough to say that it contains salt. Canada should commit to reducing the amount of salt in these foods.
Unfortunately, most of the people around me would be unable to tell me what the daily maximum dose of salt and trans fats is. However, we could go beyond this and ask the industry to reduce the amount of sodium and trans fats in the food they are producing. This is what we should do. It is not enough to be transparent. We must be proactive and ask that sodium and trans fat levels be reduced.
You yourself must recognize how important this is. In that perspective, when can we expect to see Health Canada take action?
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Department of Health
Supplementary estimates (B) 2013-2014
Hon. Rona Ambrose - 16:26
NDP (QC)
Isabelle Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine)
2013-11-25 16:28
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Do you not believe it would be worthwhile to have regulations about salt consumption? You yourself said that we could not sit down with people for every meal. Yet, we know that generally speaking, more educated people will take the time to read nutritional information, unlike less educated people. Should we not help people and improve their health by committing to regulating trans fat and salt levels in food? We know that will allow us to save enormous amounts of money in health care.
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Department of Health
Supplementary estimates (B) 2013-2014
Ben Lobb - 16:28
Ben Lobb - 17:03
NDP (QC)
Isabelle Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine)
2013-11-25 17:04
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Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I have one quick question, and I will share the rest of my time with my colleague.
Mr. Mayers, you told us about the three P triangle in public health: promotion, prevention and protection. Promotion seems to be very important. As the minister said earlier, a great deal is done to promote healthy food, nutritional value and so forth. Prevention and protection require regulations. How would you balance these three aspects? As fas as I know, there is no balance. One seems far more important for the department than another.
We know that European standards are considerably higher than ours. Why can't Canada have the same standards as Europe when it comes to healthy food?
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Department of Health
Food safety
Health
Supplementary estimates (B) 2013-2014
Paul Mayers - 17:05
NDP (QC)
Isabelle Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine)
2013-11-25 17:06
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I do not quite agree with what you said about standards.
Since we do not have much time and I would like to leave some time for my colleague, I would like you to tell me about the relationship between promotion, prevention and protection. After which my colleague can have the rest of my time.
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Department of Health
Supplementary estimates (B) 2013-2014
Paul Mayers - 17:06
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2013-11-20
Ben Lobb - 16:11
NDP (QC)
Isabelle Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine)
2013-11-20 16:12
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Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses for joining us today.
Mr. Perron, at the end of your presentation, you put forward three recommendations, the last of which had to do with the commitment of the resources you need.
Could you elaborate on those resources? Are you talking about human or financial resources? For the committee's benefit, I would like to understand what your needs in this area are.
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Department of Health
Drug use and abuse
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Michel Perron - 16:12
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