Health committee  The only other comment I would make is that ultimately this is going to be guiding us for a long time. I think I mentioned this in my opening remarks as well: this is going to be the future. Certainly we just want to make sure that the committee takes its time to look at and revi

Health committee  On behalf of the Canadian Toy Association, we definitely see some improvements. For sure, safety is our first and foremost concern, so anything that can, from our perspective, further prove...whether by providing additional reporting, or whatever those test results need to be. We

Health committee  Similarly, we're an industry that is comprised of both large manufacturers and medium and small, and I can certainly agree that from a small manufacturer's point of view, that situation would probably cause them to go out of business. But I would also say we would support whateve

Health committee  From a counterfeit point of view, we've always believed that's certainly a federal issue. From our point of view as an association, our members meet the standards that have been set by Health Canada, now set by the retailers, following their guidelines. So I would certainly, from

Health committee  Ultimately, we're not questioning the fact of a decision by the minister. I think our concerns about confidentiality right now are truly about the trade secrets, about the communication to the manufacturers of the status of a situation. If a situation arose where a product needed

Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee. As chairman of the Canadian Toy Association, I appreciate this opportunity to help advance our shared goal of improving toy safety by addressing Bill C-6, an act respecting the safety of consumer products. With me, also from t