Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thanks to the members of the panel. Certainly, we've heard some very interesting comments here this afternoon.
I think everybody would have to agree that although we've heard a lot of very interesting things and we've heard a lot of different things, I'm not so sure we are getting a whole lot closer to determining what is the best route to take to tackle this huge dilemma of childhood obesity we're facing. We've talked about fitness, we've talked about tax credits in different forms, we've talked about fat tax, imposing taxes on different things.
I guess, Mr. Trueman, I would agree with what you've said. I'm not sure that the correct way to go is to start imposing more taxes on people. But the one thing that I think is a reality is that good eating and healthy eating is not cheap. It costs a lot to eat well and to eat healthy. Whether that's imposing a fat tax or whether it's doing something else with our food pricing system, I don't know, but I think that's very much a reality. I think that's one reason there are so many people who don't eat properly. I think Dr. Clark said we can choose the right food, we know we can get the right food, but it's exercise we need to promote more. But everybody in this country can't get the right food, and I think that's where we need to start.
Another thing we talked about was sugared soft drinks and those not being a healthy choice in most cases. But I must hear two or three times a week about people saying, “Are you drinking that diet pop? That's not healthy.”
I'd like to hear some comments on those issues, about the cost of eating healthy and issues such as people being concerned about non-sugared soft drinks.