Bill C-532 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (warning labels regarding the consumption of alcohol)

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.

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 June 10, 2010
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

The purpose of this enactment is to require alcoholic beverages to bear a warning that consuming alcohol during pregnancy may cause brain damage in the developing child.

Similar bills

C-251 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (warning labels regarding the consumption of alcohol)

C-206 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (warning labels regarding the consumption of alcohol)

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-532s:

C-532 (2013) An Act to amend the Navigable Waters Protection Act (Rouge River)

C-532 (2008) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (low-cost residential rental property)

Food and Drugs ActRoutine Proceedings

June 10th, 2010 / 10:10 a.m.

NDP

John Rafferty NDP Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-532, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (warning labels regarding the consumption of alcohol).

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand today to introduce my Bill C-532, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (warning labels regarding the consumption of alcohol).

I thank the many constituents who came to me regarding this issue. They want something done about it. In particular, I would like to recognize Dave and Margie Fulton, who are the founders of the fetal alcohol support and information network in Thunder Bay, and foster parent and FASD educator, Marilyn Leiterman.

The Parliament of Canada recognizes that alcohol abuse is a serious health and social problem in Canadian society and that a comprehensive national strategy must be developed and implemented by the Government of Canada in concert with provincial governments to combat this problem. There is also a recognition that labelling alcoholic beverages with a warning to consumers about the dangers of the misuse of alcohol represents an important step in combatting this problem.

I am specifically asking for a message from the Minister of Health warning the consumer that the Public Health Agency of Canada advises that there is no safe amount of alcohol to drink during pregnancy.

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