Registration - In-house Corporation

Subject Matters

• Broadcasting
• Budget
• Consumer Issues
• Government Procurement
• Health
• International Trade
• Justice and Law Enforcement
• Science and Technology
• Taxation and Finance

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program

• Advocate public health and conflict of interest safeguards in the formation of a national food policy, including a national school food program

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Food Taxes: Amend definition of "Basic Groceries" in the Excise Tax Act to ensure that food taxing policies promote, rather than discourage healthy eating.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program

• Institutional Conflicts of Interest: Implementing safeguards against institutional conflicts of interest in federal law as, for instance, elaborated in the World Health Organation Framework for Interaction with Non-State Actors, May 2016 and "Technical Report: Addressing and Managing Conflicts of Interest in the Planning and Delivery of Nutrition Programmes at Country Level," October 2015

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation

• Promote public health in the development of a national food policy.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation

• Advertising to Children: Restricting advertising directed at children as proposed in the Government's election platform
• Front-of-Package Nutrition Labelling: Advocate reforms to nutrition labelling, especially on the front of food packages and on restaurant menus (regulatory proposal published in Canada Gazette, Part I and entitled "Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations — Nutrition Labelling, Other Labelling Provisions and Food Colours" and possible subsequent bills, motions, or regulations

Policies or Program

• Generally, enforcement of food-related law in comparison to other federal laws in light of enforcement statistics
• International Health and Trade Policy: Urge the Government of Canada (esp. through the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada) to adopt health-promoting positions in negotiating global standard-setting by the World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization's Codex Alimentarius Commission.

Policies or Program, Regulation

• Canada's Food Guide: Advocate revisions to Canada's Food Guide, 2007 to urge Health Canada to revise the dietary advice therein to better comport with scientific understanding about the relationship between diet and disease and ensure that food industry interests do not undermine the advice as, e.g., proposed by the 2016 report of the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, particularly ensuring that the full version of the Guide better counsels Canadians than the over-simplified and partly misleading Snapshot published in January 2019.
• Marketing and Safety Safeguards for Energy Drinks: Improving the regulation of energy drinks, the current regulation of which is described in "Energy Drinks: An Assessment of the Potential Health Risks in the Canadian Context, 2013"
• Natural Health Products (NHPs): Revise or better enforce regulations to ensure regulations provide adequate safety standards and acceptable standards of evidence for verifying health claims related to NHPs.

Regulation

• Food Dyes: Urge Health Canada to revoke the approvals of food dyes for which evidence indicates they are possible human carcinogens (e.g., ammonia process caramel used in soft drinks) or exacerbate the symptoms of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.
• Sodium Reduction in Processed Food: Reducing the amount of sodium added to food as proposed in the Government's election platform
• Trans Fat: Ensuring the new regulatory prohibition on the use of trans fat in processed foods is enforced

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
• Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner (CIEC)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Senate of Canada

Address:
PO Box 4880 Station E
Ottawa, ON  K1S 5J1
Canada

Telephone number: 613-565-2140

Parent Company Information

Centre for Health Science and Law / Centre pour les Sciences de la Santé et le Droit is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.