Health committee  Thank you very much. That's an excellent question. Our recommendation with respect to agricultural policy came out of a huge scoping review that was commissioned about a year and a half ago, and it made this important recommendation. We are in the process of reaching out to the

Health committee  Yes, thank you. I wanted to add a little more information with respect to Dr. Carrie's question on community design. First I want to acknowledge and congratulate the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer for their coalitions program, which they fund to the tune of $17 million an

Health committee  I have just one quick comment. The member mentioned the federal tobacco control strategy. That strategy was extended for one year last March and it's up for renewal again this coming March. We're hoping for a five-year extension, and that's what the government is looking into. I

Health committee  Yes, I have just a very quick comment. I can't speak specifically to the tax status, but here is a related issue. A coalition called Imagine Canada, which deals with non-profit organizations in the country, as well as the Health Charities Coalition of Canada, which deals with c

Justice committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. My name is Manuel Arango, and I'm the director of health policy at the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The foundation has met with many members of this committee recently to discuss how we can improve the regulatory environment for charitable lotter

Justice committee  Thank you very much. It's like anything else. Generally speaking, you never have a magic-bullet solution to problems. They're usually multi-pronged. It's exactly the same situation with tobacco consumption and with contraband consumption. Certainly with respect to contraband an

Justice committee  At that time, when the rates were cut, smoking prevalence rates went up. That example definitely supports what we've said about the relationship between taxes and consumption. At that time, the contraband problem was orchestrated by the tobacco industry and they were forced to pa

Justice committee  I would just add that I think deterrence is part of the solution. It is clearly not going to be the magic bullet as I indicated before. However, I think one thing about Bill C-10 is it does have a graduated approach. I think that approach can help mitigate the impact of criminal

Justice committee  If I could add one comment to underscore what Mr. Cunningham said, plain packaging is the next big key thing that we need to do in tobacco control. The other thing I would point to is that we did have an investment previously in public awareness campaigns. I think it was about $

Justice committee  As indicated earlier it's definitely part of the solution. You have to have some deterrents as Mr. Damphousse said. If you simply have fines that go unpaid that's not going to help the issue at all. It's definitely part of the solution. I would say that the branding is obviously

Health committee  Hello. I appreciate being here, committee members. Today, I have the pleasure of discussing the issue of electronic cigarettes in Canada. I would note that committee members have received a copy of our statement on e-cigarettes. First, here is some information about the Heart

Health committee  Absolutely.

Health committee  Perhaps I'll just speak to the renormalization issue. Research on renormalization is emerging right now, so we don't really have that much yet. However, what we base our concerns on is a lot of evidence in terms of human psychology and modelling behaviours. We know that modelli

Health committee  That is correct, from what we know right now, that tobacco smoking is much worse than e-cigarettes. And yes, we don't want tobacco use to be normalized again. We've done a lot in terms of changing the social norm in our society with respect to tobacco, and we don't want e-cig

Health committee  Just to add to that as well, I take your point, and we don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater, so to speak. There are some good nicotine replacement therapies today. Perhaps they're not as effective as we would like them to be. Because you can hold a cigarette and