Health Committee on Oct. 19th, 2006

Evidence of meeting #21 for Health in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was healthy.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Childhood Obesity

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Colin McMillan President, Canadian Medical Association

Claire LeBlanc Committee Chair, Healthy Active Living Committee, Canadian Paediatric Society

Marie Davis Executive Director, Canadian Paediatric Society

William Tholl Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Medical Association

Martine Vallee Director, English Pay, Specialty and Social Policy, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Cathy Loblaw President, Concerned Children's Advertisers

Linda Nagel President and Chief Executive Officer, Advertising Standards Canada

Catherine Thurm Project Manager, Education, Media Awareness Network

Robert Reaume Vice-President, Policy and Research, Association of Canadian Advertisers

Denis Carmel Director, Public Affairs, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

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Bloc

Nicole Demers Bloc Laval, QC

However, I suppose that you could still tell us about the dates and the subject matter of the hearings that led to the approval of that code?

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Director, Public Affairs, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Denis Carmel

We are certainly going to send you all the information available.

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Bloc

Nicole Demers Bloc Laval, QC

Thank you.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

Okay, if you could attach the survey, that should be fine.

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Bloc

Nicole Demers Bloc Laval, QC

I didn't get an answer from Ms. Thurm, Mr. Chairman.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

Yes, go ahead.

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Bloc

Nicole Demers Bloc Laval, QC

Ms. Thurm, I didn't get your answer.

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Project Manager, Education, Media Awareness Network

Catherine Thurm

I'm sorry, but I didn't get the translation of the question.

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Bloc

Nicole Demers Bloc Laval, QC

I asked who was financing your research and work.

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Project Manager, Education, Media Awareness Network

Catherine Thurm

“Young Canadians in a Wired World” was supported by a contribution agreement from Industry Canada. We also have private sponsors.

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Bloc

Nicole Demers Bloc Laval, QC

Such as?

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Project Manager, Education, Media Awareness Network

Catherine Thurm

We have CHUM, CTV, media industry sponsors. As well we have the Canadian Teachers' Federation, whom we partnered with on their study, “Kids' Take on Media”. We also have private sector partnerships with the Canadian Paediatric Society and other private organizations in Quebec.

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Bloc

Nicole Demers Bloc Laval, QC

Thank you.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much for coming in. We had a very interesting session. Your presentations were very well done and will be valuable to us as we proceed with this study.

Thank you to the committee for your time. We've just gone over a little bit.

The meeting is adjourned.