NDP health critic tables bill for national sodium strategy – Libby Davies

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NDP health critic tables bill for national sodium strategy

NDP health critic Libby Davies tabled a bill Monday encouraging Ottawa to enact a strategy requiring food manufacturers to lower sodium levels, among other tough-on-salt measures. The bill, formally named An Act Respecting the Implementation of the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada, will take its cues from a list of recommendations that were published by Health Canada in July 2010.

The original article, NDP health critic tables bill for national sodium strategy was published on November 5, 2012 in CTV News. Author(s): Avis Favaro

NDP peppers feds for ‘salt reduction strategy’ – Libby Davies

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NDP peppers feds for ‘salt reduction strategy’

NDP health critic Libby Davies introduced a private member’s bill in the House of Commons Monday containing a raft of measures to help Canadians cut salt from their diet… “It’s a very significant public health issue. There have been expert estimates that – especially if we base it on some of the U.S. for this, that anywhere from (10,000) to 16,000 deaths every year in Canada could be prevented if we had an adequate sodium reduction,” Davies said. “So that’s very significant and that’s not counting the number of people who will encounter significant health problems, cardiovascular problems as a result of very high salt intake.”

The original article, NDP peppers feds for ‘salt reduction strategy’ was published on November 5, 2012 in Ottawa Sun. Author(s): Jessica Murphy

Will Aglukkaq scuttle latest effort to implement sodium-reduction plan? – Libby Davies

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Will Aglukkaq scuttle latest effort to implement sodium-reduction plan?

Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq will get another chance to run away from the recommendations of the government-led Sodium Working Group (SWG). Or, she could surprise us all and back a new bill to implement the group’s recommendations to reduce the sodium intake of Canadians. NDP health critic and deputy leader Libby Davies tabled her private member’s bill Monday. It’s straightforward: the health minister must implement the SWG’s Sodium Reduction Strategy, including establishing a monitoring system to track the progress of food companies.

The original article, Will Aglukkaq scuttle latest effort to implement sodium-reduction plan? was published on November 5, 2012 in The Vancouver Sun. Author(s): Sarah Schmidt

NEW DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE SODIUM REDUCTION STRATEGY

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NEW DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE SODIUM REDUCTION STRATEGY

OTTAWA –NDP MP Libby Davies (Vancouver East) introduced legislation in the House of Commons today, An Act Respecting the Implementation of the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada, which will involve several measures to help Canadians make healthy choices and eat a diet low in sodium.

“Right now, we are facing an epidemic of sodium-related diseases in our country, driven by the high sodium content of pre-packaged foods, which account for approximately 75% of our sodium intake”, said Davies.  “A comprehensive sodium reduction strategy could greatly reduce the incidence of sodium-related diseases and deaths associated with these diseases”.

The bill would set safe levels for the sodium content of pre-packaged foods as well as proper labeling and ensure public funds are not spent on foods that are too high in sodium. 

“Canadians have been asking for these measures for years now”, said Davies.  “The minister has shown her interests are in supporting industry, rather than the health of Canadians”.

In 2007, the minister established a Sodium Working Group, which recommended the measures in Davies’ bill. The Sodium Working Group was disbanded in 2011 by the minister before the end of their mandate and the Conservative government has since rejected calls from national health advocacy groups and from provincial and territorial governments to regulate sodium in our food. 

“This bill would establish the government of Canada as a leader in monitoring sodium levels in foods”, Davies said.  “Most importantly, this bill would save the lives of thousands of Canadians each year who die from sodium-related disease.”

Libby urges the Conservative government to help low income Canadians

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Libby urges the Conservative government to help low income Canadians

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House of Commons

HANSARD

October 30, 2012

Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP):  

Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives only wish they had an ounce of Mr. Page’s credibility.

The report from the PBO makes it clear that the Conservative approach to the economy will cost 125,000 jobs.

That is bad enough, but adding to that is today’s report from Food Banks Canada, which shows that the number of families needing help is up 31% over pre-recession levels, the picture is even worse.

Does the government have any response to hunger, other than tax cuts for its big business friends?

Mrs. Shelly Glover (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance, CPC):  

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for the question about the economy because it gives me an opportunity to clarify the record.  Despite what the opposition would have us believe, the PBO report actually says some good things about our job market. It states: “Canada’s labour market is currently significantly outperforming some countries with struggling economies (e.g., the U.S., and the Euro area) and Canada also scores above average among the G7 and OECD countries”.   Just like the minister said earlier, 820,000 net new jobs is the best job growth record in the G7. We are going to continue—

Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP):  

Mr. Speaker, let us be very clear. The Conservatives’ budget did not help the 880,000 Canadians using food banks. That is what we voted against on this side of the House.

Conservative cuts in EI did not help anyone either.

Nor did a budget bill that raids vacation pay and health insurance.  

Why will the government not act to help the hundreds of thousands of Canadians living in poverty? Why are these Canadians being left behind by the government?

Libby urges the Conservative government to help low income Canadians

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Libby urges the Conservative government to help low income Canadians

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House of Commons

HANSARD

October 30, 2012

Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP):  

Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives only wish they had an ounce of Mr. Page’s credibility.

The report from the PBO makes it clear that the Conservative approach to the economy will cost 125,000 jobs.

That is bad enough, but adding to that is today’s report from Food Banks Canada, which shows that the number of families needing help is up 31% over pre-recession levels, the picture is even worse.

Does the government have any response to hunger, other than tax cuts for its big business friends?

Mrs. Shelly Glover (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance, CPC):  

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for the question about the economy because it gives me an opportunity to clarify the record.  Despite what the opposition would have us believe, the PBO report actually says some good things about our job market. It states: “Canada’s labour market is currently significantly outperforming some countries with struggling economies (e.g., the U.S., and the Euro area) and Canada also scores above average among the G7 and OECD countries”.   Just like the minister said earlier, 820,000 net new jobs is the best job growth record in the G7. We are going to continue—

Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP):  

Mr. Speaker, let us be very clear. The Conservatives’ budget did not help the 880,000 Canadians using food banks. That is what we voted against on this side of the House.

Conservative cuts in EI did not help anyone either.

Nor did a budget bill that raids vacation pay and health insurance.  

Why will the government not act to help the hundreds of thousands of Canadians living in poverty? Why are these Canadians being left behind by the government?

THE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION’S HEALTH CRITIC TABLES A MOTION TO STUDY A PART OF BILL C-45

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THE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION’S HEALTH CRITIC TABLES A MOTION TO STUDY A PART OF BILL C-45

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2012

OTTAWA —The Official Opposition’s Health Critic, Libby Davies, has just tabled the following motion in the House of Commons:

“That notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, clauses 269 to 298 related to changes to the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act be removed from Bill C-45, a second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures and do compose Bill C-47; that Bill C-47 be entitled “An Act to amend the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act”; that Bill C-47 be deemed read a first time and be printed; that the order for second reading of the said bill provide for the referral to the Standing Committee on Health; that Bill C-45 retain the status on the Order Paper that it had prior to the adoption of this Order; that Bill C-45 be reprinted as amended; and that the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel be authorized to make any technical changes or corrections as may be necessary to give effect to this motion.”

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