Policy Change
National Food & Population Health Strategies
Senate Obesity Report Should Breathe Life into Industry- and Policy-fuelled Health Problems (Acrobat 244k)
—March 1, 2016
Joint-statement to the World Health Organization re conflicts of interest (Acrobat 194k)
—January 25, 2016
New Federal Government Promises Transformative Change in Public Health Law & Public Interest Science (Acrobat 187k)
—October 20, 2015
Advice to the World Health Organization on engagement with Non State Actors (Acrobat 445k)
—September 15, 2015
Final webinar agenda, speaker bios, and links to PPT slides for Nutrition Labelling for Public Health Impact. Is the Health Canada Proposal Up to the Job? (Acrobat 375k)
—August 6, 2015
Nutrition Labelling for Public Health Impact by Bill Jeffery, LLB (Acrobat 3776k)
—August 5, 2015
Advocating for Changes to Public Health Nutrition Laws (Acrobat 11147k)
—June 13, 2015
Minister Damerla Wise to Mandate Calories on Menus at Chains, but Careless to Ignore Sodium (Acrobat 265k)
—March 3, 2015
Letter to Minister of Health concerning nutrition labelling and free sugars
in english en français
—February 27, 2015
Technical brief to the Senate Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (Acrobat 436k)
—February 5, 2015
CSPI submission to Health Canada re proposal for nutrition label reforms (Acrobat 1393k)
—September 12, 2014
Joint-submission in response to the Health Canada nutrition labelling proposal (Acrobat 486k)
—September 12, 2014
Statement on Menu Labelling at Hotel de ville, Montreal, Quebec (Acrobat 282k)
—August 14, 2014
U.N. General Assembly Renews Vows to Tackle Food, Tobacco, Alcohol, Inactivity-related Disease (Acrobat 191k)
—July 11, 2014
Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the comprehensive review and assessment of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (Acrobat 192k)
—July 10, 2014
Call for ensuring primacy of health in trade deals and safeguards against conflicts of interest in addresses diseases caused by marketing of food, alcohol, tobacco (Acrobat 2015k)
—July 4, 2014
Comments on World Health Organization's Guideline: Sugars intake for adults and children (Acrobat 299k)
—March 31, 2014
Making Kids Sick (or Healthy) By Decree (Acrobat 4290k)
—January 30, 2014
Comments on the conflict of interest reforms of the World Health Organization, ref. EB134/8 (Acrobat 320k)
—January 15, 2014
Health Canada Advisory Groups Hobbled by Commercial Conflicts of Interest – Leading Medical Journal (Acrobat 150k)
—November 26, 2013
Federal government food policy committees and the financial interests of the food sector (Acrobat 501k)
—November 26, 2013
Conflict of Interest Coalition Statement of Concern (Acrobat 164k)
—September 21, 2013
Implementing the Healthy Kids Panel report, No Time to Wait: The Healthy Kids Strategy (Acrobat 419k)
—August 27, 2013
Technical Brief to the Honourable Charles Sousa, MPP, Ontario Minister of Finance (Acrobat 722k)
—August 27, 2013
Discussion Paper for Food Labelling Modernization initiative (Acrobat 589k)
—June 7, 2013
Outcome of vote on Bill C-460, Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada Act
—May 9, 2013
Parliament Kills Life- and Money-Saving Sodium Reduction Bill by 147-122 Vote (Acrobat 183k)
—May 8, 2013
Results of vote on Bill C-460 coming soon at Parliament of Canada website
in english en français
—May 8, 2013
Report Reveals 4-year Voluntary Sodium Performance Meagre As Parliament Votes Today on Sodium-Reduction Bill (Acrobat 169k)
—May 8, 2013
Salty To A Fault: A 4 year follow-up report (Acrobat 2566k)
—May 8, 2013
Inadequate voluntary sodium-reduction progress at restaurants illustrates the need to pass Bill C-460, Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada Act in the May 8, 2013 vote. (Acrobat 362k)
—May 6, 2013
Healthy Decisions for Healthy Eating Act, 2013
—April 29, 2013
Urge your MP to support Bill C-460, Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada Act
in english en français
—April 29, 2013
CSPI Calls on Premiers to Support Federal Sodium-Reduction Bill (Acrobat 162k)
—April 22, 2013
Updated Bill C-460 Joint-Statement (Acrobat 852k)
—April 22, 2013
Letter to Council of Federation urging premiers to support federal sodium bill (Acrobat 233k)
—April 22, 2013
Debate on Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada Peppered with Myths (Acrobat 110k)
—February 4, 2013
Debate on Bill C-460, Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada Act
in english (Acrobat 160k) en français (Acrobat 171k)
—February 1, 2013
Debate Begins in Parliament on Bill to Implement Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada (Acrobat 110k)
—January 31, 2013
Joint-statement of support for Bill C-460 endorsed by health groups and experts (Acrobat 580k)
—January 31, 2013
Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada, 2010
—November 6, 2012
Bill C-460, Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada Act, 2012
—November 6, 2012
Federal Bill Proposes to Implement Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada (Acrobat 113k)
—November 6, 2012
Technical Brief: Hearings of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-food on Bill S-11, The Healthy Food for Canadians Act (Acrobat 312k)
—November 1, 2012
Conflicts of Interest in International Disease Prevention Policy-Making (Acrobat 187k)
—September 27, 2012
Technical Brief: Hearings of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry on Bill S-11, The Healthy Food for Canadians Act (Acrobat 299k)
—September 27, 2012
Guidance for the Food Industry on Reducing Sodium in Processed Foods
—June 8, 2012
United Nations Food Law Body Advances Global Standard for Mandatory Nutrition Labelling (Acrobat 234k)
—May 18, 2012
Submission to the (United Nations WHO/FAO) Codex Committee on Food Labelling re Mandatory Nutrition Labelling on the Back (and Front) of Packages (Acrobat 69k)
—May 14, 2012
News release re Ottawa and Toronto menu labelling initiatives (Acrobat 130k)
—May 8, 2012
Technical Brief on Chronic Disease for the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health (Acrobat 425k)
—February 2, 2012
Coalition letter to Prime Minister Harper urging action on sodium reduction (Acrobat 390k)
—January 6, 2012
Fact Sheet on sodium and health prepared by a coalition for sodium reduction (Acrobat 289k)
—January 6, 2012
Meeting Communique--Provincial and Territorial Ministers of Health (Acrobat 95k)
—November 25, 2011
Canada instrumental in watering down elements of noncommunicable diseases plan
—October 18, 2011
Political Declaration on NCDs in the context of 205 other general assembly resolutions issued since 1946
in english en français
—September 19, 2011
Political Declaration: United Nations High Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases
in english en français
—September 19, 2011
140-Group Conflict of Interest Coalition: U.N.-Approved Global Pact for Tackling Nutrition- and Alcohol-related Diseases is Strong on Awareness, Timid on Action (Acrobat 46k)
—September 19, 2011
Statement of Concern of the Conflict of Interest Coalition, 2011 (Acrobat 165k)
—September 16, 2011
Canadian Medical Association Journal: Canada instrumental in watering down elements of noncommunicable diseases plan
—September 16, 2011
The Lancet: Conflicts of interest and the UN high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases
—September 16, 2011
Media Statement: Corporate Involvement in International Nutrition and Alcohol Laws (Acrobat 42k)
—September 16, 2011
Statement: Conflict of Interest Coalition (Acrobat 151k)
—September 16, 2011
Near-final Political Declaration of UN High Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (Acrobat 449k)
—September 9, 2011
Ottawa Citizen, p. A1: Canada battling proposal to reduce fats, sugar, salt: Journal
—August 31, 2011
British Medical Journal Commentary: UN high level meeting on non-communicable diseases: an opportunity for whom?
—August 23, 2011
British Medical Journal on Conflict of Interest at the UN High Level Meeting on NCDs
—August 23, 2011
Small step forward in global food labelling
—July 12, 2011
Nutrition-related partial transcript of NGO United Nations interactive session on NCDs (Acrobat 182k)
—June 30, 2011
Official, unedited United Nations 'zero draft' outcome document of the High-level Meeting on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (Acrobat 49k)
—June 24, 2011
Statement of concern on lack of clarity on role of industry for June UN interactive hearing and September UN High Level Meeting 2011
—June 22, 2011
Nutrition advice to the President of the United Nations General Assembly (Acrobat 321k)
—June 15, 2011
Comments on international food labelling standards by the International Association of Consumer Food Organizations (IACFO) to the WHO/FAO Codex Food Labelling Committee world annual meeting in Quebec City (Acrobat 89k)
—May 9, 2011
Response to questions in Parliament re Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada (Acrobat 284k)
—February 15, 2011
Globe and Mail editorial: Live Up to the Prime Minister's Boast (about sodium reduction)
—February 5, 2011
Testimony re Healthy Living at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health
in english (Acrobat 258k) en français (Acrobat 264k)
—February 3, 2011
Technical Brief on Healthy Living for the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health
in english (Acrobat 401k) en français (Acrobat 413k)
—February 3, 2011
Prime Minister's accomplishments for 2010 include goals for sodium and obesity reduction (Acrobat 100k)
—December 31, 2010
Food Strategy for Canada: Key References (Acrobat 2543k)
—October 25, 2010
Economic Prevention Dividend: Key References (Acrobat 4573k)
—October 25, 2010
Championing Public Health Nutrition 2010: Conference Registration NOW OPEN!
—August 25, 2010
Toronto Board of Health--Sodium Reduction Strategy
—August 20, 2010
Sodium Working Group: Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada (Acrobat 5301k)
—July 29, 2010
Statistics Canada, Mortality: Summary List of Causes, 2006
—July 15, 2010
Statistics Canada: Human Activity and the Environment--Food in Canada
—June 9, 2009
World Health Organization Scientific Update on Trans Fat
—May 11, 2009
CTV: Ottawa should lead on childhood obesity: [Ontario Premier Dalton] McGuinty
—April 8, 2009
National Post editorial: Hold the Beef
—March 25, 2009
Meat Intake and Mortality
—March 23, 2009
World Cancer Research Fund expert and policy reports on diet
—February 26, 2009
Guelph Mercury: New food policy supports tradition in transition
—February 3, 2009
Canadian Medical Association Journal : Canada needs paradigm shift in public health nutrition
—December 2, 2008
Media Advisory: Championing Public Health Nutrition conference (Ottawa Oct. 22-23, 2008) (Acrobat 227k)
—October 10, 2008
Testimony on Diet-Related Disease to Select Committee on Wellness of the New Brunswick Legislature
—January 31, 2008
Government’s Plan for Tackling Childhood Obesity Too Small for its Britches
—September 4, 2007
Healthy Weights for Healthy Kids report tabled in Parliament
—March 27, 2007
CSPI's Testimony to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health
in english (Acrobat 106k) en français (Acrobat 87k)
—October 5, 2006
Overview of Canadians' Eating Habits, 2004 : Nutrition: Findings from the Canadian Community Health Survey
—July 15, 2006
Enquête sur l'alimentation et la santé auprès des chefs de parti en lice en 2006
—January 1, 2006
Election 2006 survey of party leaders on food & health policy
—January 1, 2006
Technical Brief to Federal Labour Standards Review (Acrobat 222k)
—October 19, 2005
Recommendations for an Effective Pan-Canadian Healthy Living Strategy
—October 1, 2005
Advice to the World Health Organization re implementing the Global Strategy On Diet, Physical Activity, And Health
—March 23, 2005
Federal Budget Finally Prudent on Disease Prevention
—February 24, 2005
Implementing the recommendations of the 2004 report of the Chief Medical Officer of Health for Ontario, "Healthy Weights, Healthy Lives
—December 24, 2004
First ministers enthusiastic but vague on plans to prevent diet- and inactivity-related diseases
—September 17, 2004
Open Letter to Prime Minister Paul Martin, establishing a coherent disease prevention strategy as a pre-condition to signing a renewed pact on healthcare
—September 3, 2004
CSPI Welcomes World Health Organization Recommendations to Combat Obesity
—December 8, 2003
World Health Organization Technical Report #916 : Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Disease
—June 30, 2003
Group Praises Romanow's Emphasis on Tapping Diet
—November 28, 2002
CSPI Urges Romanow Commission to cut health care costs
—November 13, 2002
CSPI Submission to the Commission on the Future of Health Care
—November 11, 2002
Letter to Roy Romanow
—November 11, 2002
