Thank you very much for coming here to give us such detailed information.
I share the same passion that's around the table about the seriousness of the issue. I want us to pay special attention to those counterfeits that are harming the health and safety of Canadians. Particularly when we are drafting or proposing legislation, we should maybe have minimum sentencing terms for those people who have a huge disregard for the safety of Canadians.
Also, I would like to commend Diana for the department's effort at the border. In 1996-97, when Health Canada proposed to crack down on herbal products, I think that was a serious matter, and it harmed the ethnic community greatly.
I think the most important thing that is bothering us, when we talk about China, is that they now have counterfeit food products. I don't know if you've heard, but they can make eggs that look like eggs. They have fake eggs on the market. It's amazing, right? They make eggs that look like eggs, and they still make a profit.
What really concerns me is that they are counterfeiting even cheap products, like noodles. They are stealing the trademarks, and they are manufacturing them in a very bad manner that hurts the health of people who consume them. It's a big issue in China. People are worried about the food chain that supplies them, particularly when people are stealing trademarks that are very good brands that people rely on, both for health products and for drugs, particularly compounds.
I know that we allow them to come in. It's very difficult to supervise and legislate against them and so on. I accept that sometimes we have to let them in to allow the ethnic community to have access to them. But I think the trademark issue is very important. I hope that when we draw up the new legislation, Cal, you don't overlook those kinds of trademarks on health products and medicines that are coming into the country. It's common.