Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I really am keen to talk to you guys about trans fats, but it's dollars to doughnuts that my colleague Pat Martin will cover that topic in spades--trans-fat-free doughnuts, I hope.
I have a few questions. One is to Dr. McMillan. In the written presentation we have here, you said that products are available everywhere for little cost, but when you were speaking you said below cost. There is a slight difference in the wording but an important difference in the meaning, and I wonder if that was just a “speako” or if it was an actual point you were trying to make.
I have a question also for Dr. LeBlanc. I heard this morning that a school in Massachusetts has banned tag because they don't want students touching each other and they don't want them running around. It's all for liability issues. It just seems crazy. On the one hand, we have what you're saying and what we all think, but on the other hand, society is banning tag. They are allowing video games and creating alternatives in a competitive way that is beating out tag and other physical activities.
We're already there. We agree with you, I think; everyone on the committee agrees that prevention is the way to go. The problem is on the implementation and how to prevent obesity in the first place. I wonder if you could give us some examples of what this committee should have in its report that will lead directly to the prevention of obesity over time.
I throw those two questions out. Perhaps the CMA could answer, and then Dr. LeBlanc.