Thank you, Doctor.
This is what I was trying to say. On the one hand, Liberal MPs and ministers start consultations saying that it is important to protect children from junk food, and on the other hand, private members' bills are allowed to die on the order paper. Yet the Minister of Health himself has never made the effort to introduce a bill in this regard.
You put your finger on exactly the problem. They say health care is important, but when it is time for the government to act, it never is.
Some members will state in the House that the free market works, that we do not need to intervene and that advertising disseminates information to children. They suggest that an 11‑year‑old is able to tell the difference between advertising content and information that is accurate.
Are children able to distinguish misleading advertising from accurate information?