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Health committee What matters to us is changing the culture. We're finished with the standards for ski and snowboard helmets. There are a whole host of other helmets for us that are out there and that don't need any standards. We can't take years to go through those as well. So whatever it is for
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Richard Kinar
Health committee The Brain Injury Association of Canada would like to take a little more time to study it, because we feel we haven't had enough time to sit with this. We would certainly like to be able to make a written submission probably within the next couple of weeks on that.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Richard Kinar
Health committee We will be doing so.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Richard Kinar
Health committee Our concern primarily is implementation. In the particular case when you've gone through the process with the Canadian Standards Association through consensus and good science, and that standard is sitting on a shelf, it becomes very frustrating. It's the implementation time that
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Richard Kinar
Health committee Absolutely, yes.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Richard Kinar
Health committee Oh, 100%; we truly feel that what we have developed is using new technology that is actually available to the manufacturers. They're refusing to do it without government leadership. So yes, we absolutely know that, and we're 100% behind the new standard that CSA has developed.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Richard Kinar
Health committee We're hoping to actually expand that to all sport helmets sold in this country.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Richard Kinar
Health committee You cannot have an injury prevention program in this country without offering a good-quality sport helmet.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Richard Kinar
Health committee We're actually not here to talk about obligatory helmet use. What we're talking about are standards and how they apply to this new proposed bill and the Hazardous Products Act. We've developed what are the world's best standards for ski and snowboard helmets. It was quite an exte
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Richard Kinar
Health committee It's not going to help in the sense that it's not going to force manufacturers to use a new standard. For example, in our particular case, we've developed a new standard based on good science. The existing helmet manufacturers have refused to use that standard unless they are for
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Richard Kinar
Health committee No.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Richard Kinar
Health committee For us, absolutely not. We weren't consulted and weren't aware of any of the process that was taking place.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Richard Kinar
Health committee Thank you so much. I'm a little intimidated by the group I am talking to here, but I'd like to give you some history, because it references back to the Hazardous Products Act and the new bill that is proposed, and perhaps tell you about our frustration in trying to access a con
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Richard Kinar
Health committee I think so, yes. Truly, we feel that perhaps there hasn't been enough consultation on the new part. That was our concern, just how we access it and get a speedy resolution to important health issues under the act.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Richard Kinar