Health committee  What matters to us is changing the culture. We're finished with the standards for ski and snowboard helmets. There are a whole host of other helmets for us that are out there and that don't need any standards. We can't take years to go through those as well. So whatever it is for

Health committee  The Brain Injury Association of Canada would like to take a little more time to study it, because we feel we haven't had enough time to sit with this. We would certainly like to be able to make a written submission probably within the next couple of weeks on that.

Health committee  We will be doing so.

Health committee  Our concern primarily is implementation. In the particular case when you've gone through the process with the Canadian Standards Association through consensus and good science, and that standard is sitting on a shelf, it becomes very frustrating. It's the implementation time that

Health committee  Absolutely, yes.

Health committee  Oh, 100%; we truly feel that what we have developed is using new technology that is actually available to the manufacturers. They're refusing to do it without government leadership. So yes, we absolutely know that, and we're 100% behind the new standard that CSA has developed.

Health committee  We're hoping to actually expand that to all sport helmets sold in this country.

Health committee  You cannot have an injury prevention program in this country without offering a good-quality sport helmet.

Health committee  We're actually not here to talk about obligatory helmet use. What we're talking about are standards and how they apply to this new proposed bill and the Hazardous Products Act. We've developed what are the world's best standards for ski and snowboard helmets. It was quite an exte

Health committee  It's not going to help in the sense that it's not going to force manufacturers to use a new standard. For example, in our particular case, we've developed a new standard based on good science. The existing helmet manufacturers have refused to use that standard unless they are for

Health committee  No.

Health committee  For us, absolutely not. We weren't consulted and weren't aware of any of the process that was taking place.

Health committee  Thank you so much. I'm a little intimidated by the group I am talking to here, but I'd like to give you some history, because it references back to the Hazardous Products Act and the new bill that is proposed, and perhaps tell you about our frustration in trying to access a con

Health committee  I think so, yes. Truly, we feel that perhaps there hasn't been enough consultation on the new part. That was our concern, just how we access it and get a speedy resolution to important health issues under the act.