Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate having the Minister here before us with these opening comments. As the Minister knows, I don't sit on the Social Programs committee, so if these questions seem familiar, it's just for information, albeit out of the woodwork. But, Madam Chair, in the Minister's opening comments on page 5 he talked about the need to emphasize on prevention and encouraging people to eat right. Now it's no surprise the Minister has heard me bring up the concern of eating healthy in schools on a number occasions and I will continue to raise this point until, as far as I'm concerned, we see this going somewhere on this problem. I've stressed to the Minister that I would like to see us reach a point where we come up with a policy that helps work with the Department of Education to eliminate junk food machines out of our schools. When we talk about trying to get more participaction, more exercise into our kids and yet we're still allowing them to graze over those junk food machines. I commend some of the school boards that have taken the steps on their own in order to exercise their right to get rid of them. So would the Minister tell me where they are on the policy, if it's coming forward or his perspective on getting rid of the junk food machines out of our schools to ensure that our kids have a healthy atmosphere? Thank you.
Robert Hawkins on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 9th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 8th, 2006
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