Health committee  To answer the first question, our yardstick for measuring and monitoring smoking behaviour in this country is the Canadian tobacco use monitoring survey. It's been a $1 million initiative between Statistics Canada and Health Canada every year since 1999. This survey data tells us

Health committee  The reason is that some of the information is gleaned from the Youth Smoking Survey which was conducted in Quebec, and also from the Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey. However, all of the reports about this type of product are based on very general information. I'm saying t

Health committee  Thank you for the question. When I worked for Health Canada, I was assigned to the Strategic Planning and Policy Office. I was Health Canada's representative on the interdepartmental working group on tobacco taxation and smuggling, which had been set up by Allan Rock, the then M

Health committee  Absolutely. That documentation has already been forwarded to Monsieur Etoka, and it basically contains all that information. We do know for a fact that if you ban these products, many more, much cheaper, and completely unregulated products, both flavoured and unflavoured, will

Health committee  Do I have to go more slowly? Okay, I'm going to need eight minutes then.

Health committee  No problem. I'll go a little bit slower. Quite recently, I think what's most relevant is that I had a meeting with the Health Canada tobacco control programs, specifically the director of research, surveillance, and evaluation, and probably the foremost expert for the federal g

Health committee  All right. Most recently, May 21, after having written to every member of Parliament asking for their support in getting Health Canada to actually do research on this, after having sent in submissions, after having written to the department asking them to do research on these pr

Health committee  As for me, I actually have been doing government affairs for Casa Cubana for the last six or seven years now. I'm not a lawyer. Interestingly enough, I'm actually a tobacco control advocate. I've been on this file for the last 18 years. Perhaps unlike any other tobacco control

Health committee  I'll lead off, if that's okay. I'd like to thank the committee for allowing us the opportunity to present today. With me, as you mentioned, is Glen Stewart. He is the director of marketing and product development, so for any questions you may have with regard to the history of

Health committee  Yes, that's right, if that's okay.

Health committee  Absolutely.