Active citizens and active citizenship: a health and fitness manifesto

It’s time our leaders made health and fitness truly a national priority.

As stated in Let’s Get Moving, 'Leadership is essential to get the country to move more and sit less, more often.' The upcoming election gives Canadians the chance to make politicians accountable. Which party has the vision to make Canada the fittest nation on Earth, writes former Conservative MP John Weston Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY JOHN WESTON

September 16, 2019

Health and fitness. We’re reminded every day of their importance. Will health and fitness influence the election? The recent tiff between Liberals and Tories over the Canadian Food Guide suggests they will, and rightly so. Andrew Scheer called the Canadian Food Guide “ideologically driven." Just...

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