Kids’ Ad Ban Bill Survives 7-4

The Commons health committee yesterday by a 7 to 4 vote cleared a private Liberal bill to ban advertising of junk food to children. The committee passed a similar bill five years ago that subsequently lapsed in Parliament amid protests from marketers: “A blunt instrument is being applied here.”

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