Thank you to the Health Canada officials for coming today, and thank you for the work you've done on this file, because it is very important. I would note that our former colleague, Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis, had a private member's bill on this issue and worked very hard. I know she'd be very pleased today to see these things going through.
I actually ended up with more questions, based on what was said. I wasn't running out at all.
We've heard from Mr. Cunningham that these warnings should be updated with new information every couple of years. The last set was in 2000, so we're already 11 years from what we had before. What is the plan now for the future? Are we going to see regular updates from Health Canada? Is that part of the regulations? Maybe you could address that.
There's another thing that concerns me. Maybe this is crazy, but a lot of teenagers buy these really fancy covers to put on their cellphones. We've heard that the visibility of this information is very important. What if some brilliant entrepreneur comes up with the idea of having some little slipcover to go over a cigarette package? Would it be illegal to manufacture and distribute something like that, because in effect it would cover up a health warning that is being done by regulations? I don't know if anybody has looked at that, but I have a concern about it.
On the manufacturing side, the stuff to come forward, we've heard that there are problems with the timeline. I suppose it's a possibility that if the tobacco companies can't meet the deadline, since they have a whole bunch of brands out there, they could decide to stage it. They could go forward with their most popular brands--if I dare say that--pull others off, and do them later. There's nothing to preclude them from doing that, as I understand it, under the regulations.