Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I appreciate that. I appreciate the member's comments and Mr. Thériault's comments. I think a lot of them are very astute and very wise.
I appreciate Mr. van Koeverden and his comments about standing up for kids, and I agree that we need to be there, standing up for kids. I'm a diabetic. I understand that aspect of things. I remember the days when I coached hockey and the challenges I had when I was coaching, back in the day when we used to call it squirt, peewee and these other levels. The reality was that we were there and we were watching kids running to the concession stands to buy these caffeinated drinks, sugar drinks or power drinks, because they saw the advertising that's out there. Those were huge challenges.
As a coach, it was extremely challenging. As a doctor, it was extremely challenging to try to rationalize that with these individuals. The other big challenge was also rationalizing with their parents. Ultimately, it is they who make that decision when it comes to looking after their children. They're the ones who make the decisions as to what their children see and what their children consume. Those are things I think definitely need to be discussed.
We have heard, as I've said, from individual constituents who might be concerned, as well as from other agencies that are putting their concerns in place.
Rightly or wrongly, the bottom line is that as a committee, we're here to hear both sides of the story. We're not to make assumptions based on one or the other. We should be hearing both sides of the story before we make that decision with our challenges as we move forward. I believe it's something that we should at least consider as we move forward.