Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to all our guests today.
My first question is for the representatives from Gateway Rural Health Research Institute.
Dr. Chang, you said that between 10% to 30% of the rural population suffers from a chronic illness and that their life expectancy is lower than in the past. How can you explain this? Is it because people in rural areas are becoming more and more impoverished and thus don't have access to healthy food?
My second question is for Ms. Collins.
You gave the example of the FDA regulating and verifying certain mobile technologies. Is Health Canada not the equivalent of the FDA? If not, could you explain the federal framework in more detail?