Health committee  We understand that most governments are not in favour of targeted taxation, whereby the revenues are targeted to specific programs. We understand that point of view, but ideally you would be able to use those dollars for education programs, because this is something people will n

Health committee  Just to further that point, the example that one of the other speakers raised earlier this afternoon is that in some menus there is a huge range of calories that are cited for particular items. That's not very useful information to the consumer, so that would be, I would say, not

Health committee  In conclusion, while we know that tobacco is not the main focus of the work of the committee at this point, like many of the other groups that have presented to you, we would like to urge you to support the continuation of the federal tobacco control strategy, which is scheduled

Health committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and committee members. On behalf of the BC Healthy Living Alliance, we would like to thank you for the opportunity to share our experience and views on what can be done to promote healthy living in Canada. By way of information, BCHLA is an alliance o