Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In my Member’s statement today I was referencing my concerns, of course, with the potential vending type of tax focusing on junk food. By no means was I stressing, in any manner, that I’m an advocate for junk food, but the reality is it comes down to the right type of information and doing the right stuff with it. My questions will be directed towards the Minister of Health and Social Services and certainly in light of how do we build the right type of information to make the right type of decisions.
Is the Minister aware of any type of publications produced by his department that are used to garner information on the health of children in the context of obesity, nutritional health, diabetes and, of course, the list goes on. Is that compendium document used by any other department to make fact-based decisions and investments in our programming?