Health committee  I actually would have to admit that I probably don't know about that specific you are talking about. When we're talking with ParticipAction, our work with them has been more on the social marketing aspect. Obviously you're aware that ParticipAction has received money from the fed

Health committee  Yes, PHE Canada. It's basically to work with other NGOs to build more of a cross-sectoral effort in the after-school period, working with the schools and looking at how the school facilities could be better used to get our kids active. As I say, it's early days. We're starting t

Health committee  I do have some studies on physical activities. Canadian kids are doing relatively well compared to others internationally, but I would say, based on the newly released studies from Stats Canada--the community health measurement survey--that what we're realizing is that for kids a

Health committee  I think it's a bit early, because we're starting to work with the education sectors. So right now it's uneven. It depends: there are some who are really sensitized and some we need to work with more. As you well know, the education sector is a provincial jurisdiction, so we're wo

Health committee  Well, this is one of the reasons why we have funded PHE, the physical education...I forget the acronym.

Health committee  At this stage?

Health committee  It's a bit too soon, because we're looking at existing policy. We're looking at an inventory of what FPTs have. The first idea is to look at what we have and what our plans are, so as to influence each other in the uptake. There is policy, best practices, and the promotion of the

Health committee  We are working with the first nations and Inuit health branch in Health Canada for the on-reserve. And we're working with the territories, the people living in the territories. It's not looking just at urban areas; it's looking at remote areas as well.

Health committee  Obviously, with tobacco, no quantity is acceptable whereas, when we talk about healthy weight and activities aimed at staying healthy, we are dealing with an evolutionary process. Problems are much more complex. Are we talking about 20 years? I hope not. I hope we will start se

Health committee  Yes, this is exactly what we're doing. We're communicating with FPTs, but at the federal level we're also working with Transport Canada. We're at the early stage of working with other government departments and with provinces. I will just mention the age-friendly community, wh

Health committee  The age-friendly is one concept. But since September, when we signed the framework for action to promote healthy weights, we have been looking more at supporting environments. And supporting environments have a part, which is urban planning.

Health committee  It’s hard to say. But we know very well that changing the habits of a society can take a long time. When the fight against smoking started, it took 20 years for a mass social movement to finally develop . At the rate we are going now, and if we can create social movements, it i

Health committee  Mr. Chair, honourable members, thank you for the opportunity to speak at these important discussions about healthy living. I'm pleased to be here today to build on those discussions with an emphasis on physical activity and healthy living. As you all know, physical inactivit