Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
Thanks very much to each of you for being here. This has been a really good discussion today. We're seeing the discussion go to a level it hasn't been at before. This is where we need to go.
It's very clear that the whole issue is a societal issue. It is not just an issue of being inactive. There are a whole lot of issues.
When we look at the labelling situation, for one thing, I'll be the first to admit it is extremely confusing. We've had this discussion with health officials, and I know there are changes coming. Hopefully the labelling is going to be improved. The physical education aspect in schools is another part of it.
Is anybody teaching people how to cook these days? We talk about prepared foods. Does anybody know how to cook something that isn't a prepared food? Are these part of the federal, provincial, and territorial discussions? If not, they should be, because I don't think there's a lot of expertise out there. What about the public health nurse and the school system, all of those things? We've discussed sodium reductions, transfats, those things, but it takes a whole lot more than that.
We talk about kids not getting enough activity. Dr. Doig, I loved what you said about kids having forgotten how to have fun, to get out and play. I look at my grandson and my great-nephews, who are five years old. It costs $1,000 to join a house league hockey team. Parents can't afford that. Regardless of what kinds of incentives there are from the federal government, it's still way too expensive. We need more accessible activities for kids.
Over-protectionism has created some of this. We're afraid to let our kids out onto the trails that some of the communities have provided. We're afraid to let them walk to and from school. It's totally a societal issue.
Monsieur Dupont, do you want to continue with some of the comments you wanted to make when my colleague was asking her questions? You seemed to be on a bit of a roll there on filling us in on what PHAC might be doing and where we'd be going.