Health committee  In fact, as I said earlier, it's important that the information come from a single source and that it be shared so that it's the same for everyone, hence the importance of having this power. The Privacy Commission itself said that the bill did not raise any privacy issues. As a

Health committee  Dr. Bose may perhaps be able to supplement what I'll tell you first of all. The danger of becoming what you so rightly call a dumping country is great because our neighbours have passed harsher statutes and regulations than ours. I hope the possibility of using monetary penalties

Health committee  What we think is really very important is creating the obligation to report products, to report what the products contain. Of course, it's important to establish inspection measures to ensure that manufacturers and merchants do exactly what they tell us they have done or have mar

Health committee  We recommended this kind of national recall registry when the other bills were studied. Our understanding of Bill C-36 leads us to believe that it may not be possible to have a national registry as we were requesting, but that it will be possible to have a tool that will enable c

Health committee  Voluntary recalls are enormously complex. Consumers can't figure them out. We tried returning toys to various businesses and policies varied from one business to another: the toy had to be returned with the packaging or without the packaging; you had to have the invoice. Since th

Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Good afternoon, committee members. This is the third time that Option consommateurs has appeared before you. We are here to support Bill C-36, An Act respecting the safety of consumer products. As was said earlier, the present Hazardous Products Act dat

Health committee  For example, various European stakeholders in the supply chain have been informing their national authorities since 2001. This makes it possible both to show that they have implemented necessary corrective measures and to verify whether other similar products are on the market.

Finance committee  Excuse me, but I don't think we need to increase taxes. In fact, some measures simply urge the government to create committees to study various things. I also believe that providing people with the appropriate tools to balance their finances will also lead them to invest in the

Finance committee  We actually recommend ensuring that studies are conducted in this manner because, naturally, since the situation is becoming more and more complex, there could be a tendency to have various interpretations. We believe that the current work is done well and must continue to be so.

Finance committee  Option consommateurs is concerned about the widening social inequality in the country and, as a result, I would like to make a few recommendations for the budget. The first recommendation is to eliminate the employment insurance waiting period and extend the benefit period to me

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, ladies and gentlemen, I am the Executive Director of Option consommateurs. Today, I have with me Ms. Anu Bose, who looks after our Ottawa office. I would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to provide our observations and recommendations for the 2011 budge

Finance committee  Canadian households are carrying an increasing amount of personal debt. Debt as a proportion of disposable income of Canadian households has reached a high of 146% in the first quarter of this year. This means that for every dollar earned, a Canadian household owes $1.46. Meanwhi

Agriculture committee  Once again, Mr. Chair, with all respect, I have to tell you that we are not feeding this perception that consumers have, we are just passing it on to you.

Agriculture committee  I have no comment. Absolutely not.

Agriculture committee  With all respect, Mr. Chair, I say that the best way to change perceptions is with information—the clearer the information, the better. In our opinion, this is the only way to change perceptions. Yes, perhaps consumers may be prepared to get products labelled “GMO“ if they have e