Thanks, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to make a comment on Ms. Dhalla's suggestion.
I think we have to be careful in that there's the old saying that a camel is a racehorse designed by committee. I would be concerned we could end up with a food guide that has more pages than the Library of Parliament if we bring it to committee.
As a government, we have delegated the responsibility to Health Canada to produce this guide. I'm not necessarily opposed, but I am concerned about what could happen if we tabled a guide and then tried to come up with a guide ourselves. My goodness, can you even imagine what those meetings would be like?
I only want to make sure everyone understands that concern. Perhaps there are other ways to meet your concern but also meet the objective of getting a food guide out in a timely manner.
Thank you very much.