Thank you, Madam Chair.
I thank all those who have come to provide us with some crucial and, I would say, original, information.
Most of you have talked about social determinants and their effects on diet, as well as on activity. You also talked about the importance of acting very early, right from childhood, regarding advertising, access to places to move, and healthy eating habits.
Where diet is concerned, we have been trying for years to take more preventive action. There is Canada's Food Guide and campaigns promoting physical activity in schools. In light of the growing obesity epidemic in Canada, many experts say that we should have more regulation. According to them, we can no longer rely solely on voluntary action, on everyone doing his bit. It is no longer enough.
There is talk of agri-food regulation designed to promote access to healthy and nutritious, and at the same time local, food. Indeed Canada has lots of farmers, truck farmers, growers and breeders. Do you have any thoughts on this? Do you know of any plan under which Canada-wide regulation has promoted access to healthy food, but whose funding has been stopped?