Health committee  Certainly the government is not looking at a regulatory solution. It's a voluntary approach that focuses very much, as you indicated, on the importance of education and awareness. That's really a foundational component of the approach going forward.

Health committee  I'll ask Dr. Hutchinson to respond to that question, Madam Chair.

Health committee  I am happy to give a few examples of some of the work that's under way. I would suggest that it would be useful for the committee if I were to go back to the first nations and Inuit health branch to get a more complete package for the committee. Some of the work includes the ab

Health committee  Thank you. This is why it's been so important for us to have a very open and consistent dialogue with industry on the sodium file. Some products in certain key categories might be very much associated with sodium, and I'll use the example of feta cheese. So the same adjustments

Health committee  The work on sodium is moving forward, including the component with industry I had mentioned earlier. We've been working and meeting with industry fairly intensely to talk through guidance and approaches. It is an incremental approach, a voluntary approach because we're looking a

Health committee  Generally, that wouldn't necessarily be within the federal jurisdiction, other than perhaps in the north. We can provide some additional information to the committee on what we're doing on that with first nations and Inuit communities in the north.

Health committee  I'll start this off by giving you a broad overview of how it's changed over the decades. Of course, the Canadian population has changed and we've had to adjust accordingly. Different consumption patterns, a variety of foods from various cultural backgrounds, and availability all

Health committee  We're very proud of this project. It involves many different partners. We recently had a campaign focused on increasing awareness among Canadians of the facts table, how to use it, and what it means. I'm going to ask my colleague Dr. Hutchinson to give us a little more detail o

Health committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. That's a very timely question as well. We are very concerned about the use of caffeinated drinks, particularly among children and youth. We recently announced our proposed policy moving forward for energy drinks, and that would be to move them u

Health committee  Yes. Thank you very much. That is a very good question. Where salt is concerned, we have a lot of activities that are ongoing. I will give you an overview. On sodium, it's a multi-partnership initiative to move forward. This government is very committed to reducing the levels o

Health committee  The facts table now contains percentage points for sodium, which will help parents to make informed decisions for their children about which foods are appropriate and where they can make those healthy choices.

Health committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I am very pleased to be here today with my colleagues from the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Eating plays an important role in promoting health and reducing the risk of nutrition-related chronic d

Official Languages committee  It was really interesting. The commissioner was there and he gave a speech. It was a chance to bring together the official languages community who work in health and to focus on the research questions, as Madam Yeates was saying, to develop a vision forward. It was a one of a ki

Official Languages committee  We will be able to give you more details after the meeting.

Official Languages committee  No, there was no official report.