Health committee  I have a question of clarification. Stephen, which growers are you talking about?

Health committee  The owners of the seeds have been very strong in advocating for a ban. There's no doubt about that. The task force did a great job on the actual recommendations, so you're not hearing me express outrage over the possibility of regulation. As they are currently designed, the regul

Health committee  We represent all the canola growers in Canada. But I need to be clear about this. Whether the regulation is brought in or not is not a burning issue for us. It's something we would rather not see happen, but regulation is not in any way, shape, or form going to determine whether

Health committee  The council supported in principle the goal of the transfat committee, which was to reduce transfat consumption. With respect to the recommendations themselves, we are of the opinion that our industry will not be harmed at the levels that are proposed. However, we do have a prob

Health committee  Thank you. I know it sounds counterintuitive. I'm going to go back to palm. If you had brought the transfat ban in this year, for instance, the result would have been that the food companies would have elected to put palm oil into their products in order to meet the ban. As we

Health committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. We appreciate the invitation to appear before you today. I'm very glad to hear you discuss the role that physical activity and the overall diet play in the health of our children. I'm going to talk about one piece