Healthy Eating Strategy gives much-needed teeth to regulate industry

It’s a welcome end to the notion of voluntary compliance by the food and beverage industry.

Sen. Nancy Greene Raine, pictured on the Hill in 2014, has introduced a bill to restrict the marketing of food and beverages to children.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY DR. DAVID JONES

November 23, 2016

The most important element of the new federal Healthy Eating Strategy, announced on Oct. 24 by Health Minister Dr. Jane Philpott, was something that was not explicitly mentioned. It is that the federal government will not rely on voluntary actions by the food and beverage industry to limit the negat...

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