Health Committee on Oct. 5th, 2006

Evidence of meeting #19 for Health in the 39th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was foods.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Childhood Obesity
Committee Business

Members speaking

Rob Merrifield
Ruby Dhalla
Dave Batters
Nicole Demers
Steven Fletcher
Dawn Black
Carolyn Bennett
Patricia Davidson
Christiane Gagnon
Harold Albrecht
Tina Keeper

Before the committee

Katherine Rechico  Special Advisor, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance
Alex Lessard  Tax Policy Officer, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance
Bill Jeffery  National Coordinator, Centre for Science in the Public Interest
Sean B. Cash  Assistant Professor, Department of Rural Economy, University of Alberta
J. Stephen Clark  Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Business and Social Sciences, Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Geoff Trueman  Chief, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance
Nancy Miller Chenier  Committee Researcher

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

Okay, we can do that, no problem.

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Conservative

Steven Fletcher Conservative Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia, MB

I want to make sure it's understood that there is not consensus, at least from this member, about denying the CMA, Canadian Diabetes Association, and the U.S. Indian Health Service National Diabetes Program for—

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

We can do anything you want. We can do a recorded vote on this motion, if you like.

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Liberal

Ruby Dhalla Liberal Brampton—Springdale, ON

We're not denying them; we just want to have eight sessions. That was our original consensus.

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Conservative

Steven Fletcher Conservative Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia, MB

Understood, but in effect it's denying these people because there isn't enough time.

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Liberal

Ruby Dhalla Liberal Brampton—Springdale, ON

But we don't want it recorded as our denying it. As Madame Gagnon has said, we don't mind the minister not coming and having—

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

Now you're just talking spin. Decision made.

This meeting is adjourned.