Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada / Fondation des maladies du coeur et de l’AVC
Registration:
36
of
66
(2015-02-13
to
2015-07-13)
Policies or Program
- EXPAND FEDERAL INFRUSTRUCTURE PROGRAMS TO INCLUDE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND RECREATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS
- EXTEND THE INDIRECT COSTS OF RESEARCH PROGRAM TO INCLUDE HEALTH CHARITY FUNDED RESEARCH
- IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES & PROGRAMS TO MAKE HEALTHY FOOD AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL CANADIANS.
- Support food literacy among Canadians by implementing programs to improve knowledge and skills required to make informed eating decisions and prepare fresh nutritious meals.
Policies or Program, Regulation
- CLOSE LOOPHOLES ON FLAVOURED TOBACCO PRODUCTS; EXPAND TOBACCO PACKAGING HEALTH WARNINGS
- IMPLEMENT A MONITORING MECHANISM TO TRACK FOOD AND INDUSTRY PROGRESS ON SODIUM REDUCTION.
- IMPLEMENT REGULATIONS TO RESTRICT INDUSTRY MARKETING OF FOODS AND BEVERAGES TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH.
- IMPROVE NUTRUTION LABELLING REGULATIONS, INCLUDING NUTRITION FACTS TABLES.
- PERMIT HOME BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS TO BE CLAIMED AS A MEDICAL EXPENSE.
- THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO FUND RESEARCH RELATED TO HEART AND STROKE DISEASE, DEMENTIA AND ABORIGINAL HEALTH.
Regulation
- INTRODUCE TRANS FAT REGULATIONS TO LIMIT THE LEVEL OF TRANS FATS IN PROCESSED FOODS
- Implement a levy on manufacturers of beverages high in free sugars (energy dense, nutrient poor). This levy should be an excise tax and be based on free sugars per unit. Revenues from such a taxation stream should be used to subsidize vegetables and fruit to make healthy eating more affordable.