MPs Debate Bill That Would Outlaw Advertising Sugar to Canadian Kids

MPs Debate Bill That Would Outlaw Advertising Sugar to Canadian Kids
A "secret" candy shop in Nantucket, Mass., on July 8, 2017. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
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Trix may be for kids, but a Quebec Liberal MP does not want that kind of cereal or other sugary foods marketed that way anymore.

A parliamentary health committee is discussing Patricia Lattanzio’s private member’s bill, which seeks to reduce childhood obesity by forbidding advertisements for sugary food and drinks aimed at kids under 13.