My name is Ralph Sultan, and I chair the Health Committee of the BC Legislative Assembly. We are ten MLAs from both parties looking into the problem of childhood obesity. We have until the end of November to make recommendations about ways to change behaviours to get children and youth to eat healthier, improve their health and increase their physical fitness.

We’ve already heard from dozens of expert witnesses about how to make kids healthier. But we believe that BC kids are smart, capable, and have their own opinions and ideas about what will work. So now we want to hear from you. Through this blog you can make informal comments about some of the issues and ideas our Committee has heard about from the experts, or contribute ideas of your own.

I also hope you’ll take the time to complete the slightly-more formal survey on this website. Our Committee has to follow certain parliamentary procedures, so in order for your opinions to be considered a formal submission to the Committee – and to be listed in our final report as a contributor – we need you to supply full contact information as requested in the survey. And if you’re under 18, you need to ask your parents permission too. Hopefully you’ll add your voice and give us your ideas on how to make BC kids more healthy and active.