Pop bad, pot good? Liberals are confused on health

They’ve indicated support for a bill to limit advertising of ‘unhealthy’ food and drink to kids, yet they have no problem rushing through marijuana legalization for recreational use, including for youth.

The Liberal government said in its fall economic update it would earmark more than half a billion dollars over five years to roll out its marijuana legalization plans. The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE MP MARILYN GLADU

November 15, 2017

These are confusing times on the health file, with the Liberal government sending mixed messages to Canadians. Its official objective is supposedly to help Canadians live healthier lives. So the first priority for the health minister was to legalize recreational smoking of marijuana, which the Cana...

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