Health committee  Certainly the Consumers Council of Canada would support it. By giving more power to the government and to the governing of this act, it may also weed out some of the frequent offenders. I think that definitely works for the consumers, and also for the honest companies. I think mo

Health committee  I think it's necessary to have these penalties because I think we've seen so often situations where an industry or company will say they'll pay it; they still made more money doing it, so they'll do it again, because they still come out ahead. So I think it needs to be significan

Health committee  Counterfeit, thank you. Sometimes they use a label on that, but it's not the real thing. That's a big issue, and it has to be dealt with.

Health committee  In our view at the Consumers Council, there are five major gaps that this new Bill C-6 will address. Before, there was the inability to prevent unsafe products from entering the Canadian market. They simply couldn't keep up. I mean, there's so much coming through, and the way the

Health committee  Yes, I certainly agree with that. Oftentimes, the feeling from industry is that it will decrease the confidence of the consumer. But that's not the case. When disclosure is done, and it's open, and it's early in the event, it actually can increase the confidence of the consumer i

Health committee  I would certainly agree with that. If you just want the people who disagree to speak up, I'll be quiet, because I agree.

Health committee  I think what we have to keep in mind is that safety of the consumer is paramount. I think most consumers will say that their health is more important than what it costs. That said, I think it's a question of common sense. That probably needs to be something worked out between th

Health committee  Thank you for inviting the Consumers Council of Canada to present this brief. I would like to introduce my colleague Gail Campbell, who is director and member of the health committee. My name is Lucienne Lemire, and I am chair of the health committee. The brief was written in En