Health committee  This committee has heard from Fred Hill, from the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, on the food mail program, which is a program that subsidizes the cost of transporting nutritious perishable foods to northern isolated communities. That program does exist.

Health committee  There was a second question.

Health committee  I can tell you that the Assembly of First Nations, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and the Métis Nation Council have been involved at all stages, the needs assessment through to the developmental stages and the consultation stage. With respect, I think Dr. Valerie Gideon, from the Assembly of First Nations, did say they were involved but that they weren't involved in a founding science piece.

Health committee  The tailored food guide is based on the same dietary pattern as the main Canada's Food Guide. We don't have sufficient data that a different pattern is required. The pattern, as Mary has pointed out, is based on the dietary reference intakes that apply to all Canadians to ensure that all Canadians consume sufficient nutrients and are at lower risk for chronic disease and obesity.

Health committee  Okay, sure. We can provide a list of the people who have been involved. We've engaged people at the needs assessment stage, we've assembled a nine-member advisory group, and we've also gone out to a broader group of stakeholders. We've provided other lists for the main guide process to the department to submit to this committee.