Health committee  For the most part, the industry manufacturers and importers in the natural health product industry would find these penalties quite severe, because for the most part they're small and medium-sized manufacturers, and this would be a significant deterrent on them in being able to e

Health committee  Can you also address the issue of economics behind it? In other words, when you talk about a safe alternative, is it so economically unfeasible to use that safer ingredient that it would be tantamount to banning the substance of concern in the first place?

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. My name is Joel Taller. I'm legal counsel to the Canadian Health Food Association, the CHFA. On behalf of the association, I'd like to thank this committee for the important work you do and the opportunity to appear before you to address an important pie