Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for her valuable help on the health committee in reviewing this bill.
The issue was clarified, in that the Minister of Health agreed that under regulations through Health Canada, sports sponsorship would not be affected. One of the reasons to keep this in Health Canada regulations as opposed to the actual bill was that this would allow Health Canada to respond to any changes in industry practices in a judicious, quicker manner than bringing it back to the House for amendments.
Therefore, the minister's promise was kept by agreeing in the regulations that sports sponsorship will not be affected.