Bill C-414 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Competition Act and the Food and Drugs Act (child protection against advertising exploitation)

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in September 2008.

Sponsor

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Oct. 16, 2007
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Competition Act and the Food and Drugs Act to expressly restrict advertising and promotion, for commercial purposes, of products, food, drugs, cosmetics or devices directly to children under thirteen years of age.

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C-414 (39th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Competition Act and the Food and Drugs Act (child protection against advertising exploitation)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-414s:

C-414 (2024) An Act to amend the Canada Health Act (mental, addictions and substance use health services)

C-414 (2018) An Act to amend the Jobs and Economic Growth Act (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd.)

C-414 (2012) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals)

C-414 (2010) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (refundable tax credit for low-income earners)

C-414 (2009) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (refundable tax credit for low-income earners)

Other House mentions

Competition ActRoutine Proceedings

March 22nd, 2007 / 10:05 a.m.

See context

NDP

Peter Julian NDP Burnaby—New Westminster, BC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-414, An Act to amend the Competition Act and the Food and Drugs Act (child protection against advertising exploitation).

Mr. Speaker, I introduce today a bill to amend the Competition Act and the Food and Drugs Act to provide child protection against advertising exploitation.

What we see with children is an overload of commercials and advertising. Essentially, the bill would ban commercial advertising or promotion of products such as fast foods, drugs, cosmetics, and devices aimed at children younger than 13.

The average Canadian child sees 350,000 commercials before graduating from high school. That is an astonishing number. This type of bill has already been in place in Quebec. We have found that the bill in Quebec has led to 3.5 million to 8.1 million fewer fast food meals being consumed by Quebec residents.

This worked in Quebec to reduce junk food consumption. I hope the House will support this bill.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)