Inventory of Position Statements

Alberta Policy Coalition for Chronic Disease Prevention

“Given the potential impact of emerging media on youth, there is a need to protect youth up to age 18 through expanding restrictions to include new media marketing techniques, such as internet and text advertising. Provinces must also work together to expand legislation across all Canadian jurisdictions in order to address the possibility of cross-border ‘leakage’ of advertising.” (2015) 

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Association of Local Public Health Agencies [alPHa]

In 2023, the alPHa President sent a letter to the Prime Minister and federal Minister of Health that called for the acceleration of regulatory action on restricting marketing to children in Canada. 

“alPHa has passed two resolutions on marketing to children… We see no reason to wait any longer to take the appropriate action to ensure that the health and wellbeing of children throughout the country are protected from aggressive industry marketing.” (2023) 

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Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada

CDPAC is a proud supporting member of the Stop Marketing to Kids Coalition, a national coalition advocating for restrictions on food and beverage marketing to children and youth that launched February 24th 2016 at the Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada pan-Canadian conference.” (2019) 

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Ontario Medical Association

“Ontario doctors are calling for higher taxes and graphic warning labels on junk food to combat what they are calling an “epidemic in the province” when it comes to overweight and obese children… The association plans to present the province with several recommendations, including… restrictions in the marketing of junk food to kids.” (2012) 

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Childhood Healthy Living Foundation

“The Stop Marketing to Kids Coalition recommends that the federal government introduce regulations to restrict the marketing of food and beverages high in salt, sugars and saturated fat to children under age 13, to be published in The Canada Gazette Part I by Summer 2024, as per Health Canada’s most recent Forward Regulatory Plan. We recommend that the federal government firmly adhere to this timeline. To Stop Marketing to Kids Coalition also supports Private Member’s Bill C-252, Child Protection Act. However, the bill should encourage, not delay the federal government’s introduction of regulations by Summer 2024.” 

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Heart & Stroke

“Heart & Stroke recommends the federal government promptly introduce draft regulations (Canada Gazette Part I) and final regulations (Canada Gazette Part II) to restrict the marketing of food and beverages high in salt, sugars and saturated fats to children. These regulations should be informed by the best available evidence, expert opinion and consultations with stakeholders. The marketing restrictions should be as comprehensive as possible with respect to media, settings, and marketing techniques in order to achieve optimal protection of children’s health.” (2024) 

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Hypertension Canada

Hypertension Canada supports the “federal government to immediately begin a legislative process to restrict all marketing targeted to children under the age of 13 of foods and beverages high in saturated fats, trans-fatty acids, free sugars or sodium and that in the interim the food industry immediately ceases marketing of such food to children.” (2013) 

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BC Alliance for Healthy Living

The BC Alliance for Healthy Living recommends “the provincial government work with the federal government to limit the marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children”  

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Canadian Diabetes Association 

“The Canadian Diabetes Association is a proud partner of the Stop Marketing to Kids Coalition campaign, urging governments to restrict the marketing of food and beverages to children and youth 16 and under.” (2016) 

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The World Health Organization (WHO)

The WHO’s 2022 Protecting Children from the Harmful Impact of Food Marketing: Policy Brief provides policy-makers and programme managers, health professionals and advocates with information and policy options to increase protection of children from the harmful impact of food marketing by reducing the power of, and exposure of children to, such marketing practices.