We'll take that under advisement in our report writing.
By the way, I don't know about my colleagues, but my sense is that we're very similar. When it has to do with health, safety, kids, the obvious sorts of things, we get very prickly, and that is the right approach.
You've done an excellent job here today. One step out of line and we were going to be all over you, I can tell you that. But you and your team have done an excellent job of dealing with this in a very forthright way. I just hope the implementation plan and the progress report are as good as your words were here today. I will obviously give you the benefit of the doubt, but I want you to know it was very impressive today.
I would like to ask Ms. Cartwright about a discussion she had with Mr. Pat Martin on the health committee last Wednesday. He was asking about asbestos, and as you know, in the Canada Gazette dated November 11, there is reference to asbestos products in toys for children. I find it confusing because the statement is that “the presence of asbestos in consumer products poses a health risk that also needs to be addressed”. Then you go on to provide a chart that says that asbestos is okay, and this is the wording: “ A product that is used by a child in learning or play”. Requirements: “Airborne asbestos cannot become separated from the product”.
It sounds to me as if under certain conditions you're allowing asbestos in children's toys. Please explain.