Thank you for that. Yes, we agree that physical activity and healthy eating are a priority, and they certainly can reduce the risk of chronic disease.
We are working across sectors right now to ensure that we are promoting good health and well-being, which are key issues with the latest phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
I also just want to highlight areas such as Wellness Together Canada or the Hopewell app. They have components in addition to mental health and substance use that also provide free physical activity resources to support Canadians in this area, because maintaining a healthy lifestyle is really critical.
We also have a $20-million annual fund to support community-based initiatives, called the Healthy Canadians and Communities Fund, which is improving health behaviours and addressing the health inequalities that we also have addressed—have flagged here in this conversation today—among those priority populations that are maybe at greater risk of developing chronic disease. That really supports those common risk factors like physical inactivity, along with healthy eating and tobacco use, etc., that are often associated with chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer.