Certainly. Thank you, madame la présidente.
I'll start on those questions, and then...because it's a partnership between us and Health Canada on this--and CIHR, for that matter, on the research and evidence side.
The short answer around the public health funding and the Olympics is that we're very much involved in issues of health security and preparation for the Olympics around both bio-terrorism as well as other events. If there were a pandemic, say, or even a seasonal flu or an outbreak during the Olympics, we would have our portable lab on site and be working very closely with the provincial health authorities around dealing with such broad-scale public health events. It's for those kinds of purposes that we're engaged.
On the health promotion side, a number of things are going on. Again, most of this, obviously, is in partnership with the provinces and territories. Specifically in B.C., there's ActNow BC, which has a whole-of-government approach to physical activity, nutrition, etc.
We have agreements with the provinces around healthy living. Most now are in place and are being talked about and worked on. There's funding for ParticipAction, and there's also the work generally that we're doing around fitness, lifestyle, and even the kind of community approach as to how we deal with it.
In terms of childhood obesity, that's clearly an issue. I've said it before, and it continues to be a challenge, that the risk is that if we're not successful in this, this generation of children may be the first to not live as long or as healthily as their parents. Fundamentally, it's a multi-sectoral issue in terms of the roles we play, working with both the food industry, etc., as well as with the provinces and territories. There are a number of mechanisms in place in terms of trying to address this more effectively across the jurisdictions. It's not like there's any one part of a system that can address it effectively.
Really, it's gratifying that people are actually talking about this. We kind of lost ten years, but people are actually starting to pay attention. Every jurisdiction now has an initiative or a focus on this. When Morris and I go and meet now with our P/T colleagues and with deputies, or at ministers meetings, these kinds of public health issues are on every agenda. Five years ago, it was rare to see that even talked about.
Morris?