This is another very complex story, and we could have a whole committee hearing on this.
There is a lot of misinformation about sugar consumption. In fact, sugar consumption has been going down. Sugar consumption is not linked to obesity. It is overall caloric intake. There is a lot of focus on sugary beverages, while most soft drinks in Canada don't contain sugar produced in Canada. They contain high fructose corn syrup. It is a very complex story, but yes, there is a problem with obesity in Canada. Statistics Canada has just released a new report that indicates it is not the proportion of carbohydrate—sugar is a carbohydrate—or of fat. More importantly, they have found it is overall caloric intake.
It is a very difficult problem, but there is no simple solution, and certainly targeting sugar would not address the problem.