I had a question for the ministry people on the amendment.
It's the proposed amendment where it says, at proposed subsection 7.1(3), that proposed subsection 7.1(1) does not apply to municipal, provincial, territorial, or national sport events and organizations. I have a question about what the bill actually does in this area. We heard a very clear communication from a whole bunch of sporting groups. They're quite concerned that their sponsorship wouldn't be allowed. Most of their sponsorships are in the form of corporate names and corporate logos.
I was looking at the definition for “food” in the Food and Drugs Act. It says, “any article manufactured, sold or represented for use as food or drink for human beings”. My interpretation of that is that Timbits maybe could not be used as a name for sponsorship, but Tim Horton kids, or Tim's Kids could be used because it's more about the brand. As long as it's not the food, then anyone in the industry can advertise with sporting sponsorships whether it be at local or national levels. They can advertise with corporate logos. They just can't advertise a food. A few products like maybe Coke, where the corporate name and the food is the same, like Red Bull or something like that, might have a problem, but the majority of these are corporate names like McDonald's or Tim Hortons or Pizza Pizza. Is that a correct interpretation?