Health Committee on March 3rd, 2011

Evidence of meeting #53 for Health in the 40th Parliament, 3rd 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

Healthy Living

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Nathalie Savoie Assistant Director, Nutrition, National Programs, Dairy Farmers of Canada

Jeffrey Turnbull President, Canadian Medical Association

Anu Bose Head, Ottawa Office, Option consommateurs

François Décary-Gilardeau Agrifood Analyst, Representation and Research Department, Option consommateurs

Nathalie Jobin Dietitian, Extenso, Nutrition reference centre of Université de Montréal, NUTRIUM

Derek Nighbor Senior Vice-President, Public and Regulatory Affairs, Public Policy, Food and Consumer Products of Canada

Maura Ricketts Director, Office of Public Health, Canadian Medical Association

5:10 p.m.

Conservative

Patrick Brown Conservative Barrie, ON

It's the overall context. It's everything you take in. That's more or less what we heard from Health Canada when we looked at this about a year ago--everything in moderation--and it would take great amounts of aspartame to actually cause concerns about health.

I think that is why labelling is so important. The diet industry has become such a massive industry in Canada, and you question what other consequences there are when you replace important ingredients.

Those are my only questions.

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Acting Chair Conservative Tim Uppal

Thank you very much. That brings us to the close of our question round.

On behalf of the members, I'd like to thank you for coming and contributing to our study on healthy living.

The meeting is adjourned.