Canada needs tobacco-style ban on fossil fuel ads to combat climate change public health crisis

We know that air pollution and climate change is killing and will kill many more people than smoking. So, why do we still allow the promotion of products that threaten our health and the planet?

Just as tobacco ads once did, fossil fuel ads obscure the dangers of their products, write Melissa Lem and Leah Temper. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY MELISSA LEM AND LEAH TEMPER

June 8, 2022

In a heart-warming scene, a family cooks dinner together over a gas stove. They laugh and taste as they relish the joy of togetherness. This scene is an ad designed to convince Canadians to choose gas for their new home. What it doesn’t tell you is that fo...

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