I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the following organizations for their support of Bill C-460, An Act respecting the implementation of the Sodium Reduction Strategy of Canada:
Endorsers for C-460
National Organizations:
- Canadian Medical Association
- Canadian Public Health Association
- Dietitians of Canada
- Canadian Nurses’ Association
- Canadian Pharmacists Association
- Public Health Physicians of Canada
- Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions
- The College of Family Physicians of Canada
- Hypertension Canada
- Canadian Association of Community Health Centres
- Kidney Foundation of Canada
- Food Secure Canada
- Coalition Québécoise sur la problématique du poids
- Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses
- Centre for Science in the Public Interest
- Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Canadian Society of Nephrology
- Breakfast for Learning
- Body Science Medical
- Council of Food Progress Initiatives – Program Melior
- Canadian Institute for Child Health
- Canadian Society of Internal Medicine
- Canadian Women’s Health Network
- Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
Regional Organizations:
- Ontario Medical Association
- Alberta Public Health Association
- British Columbia Medical Association
- Association of Local Public Health Agencies (Members: Ontario Boards of Health, Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health, Ontario Public Health Nursing Management, Ontario Public Health Business Administrators, Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario, Supervisors of Public Health Inspectors of Ontario), Health Promotion Ontario, Ontario Association of Public Health Dentistry, Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health)
- Public Health Association of B.C.
- Board of Health for the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit
- Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health
- Ontario Public Health Chief Nursing Officers
- Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health
- Physiotherapy Association of BC
- First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
- Middlesex-London Health Unit
Health and Nutrition Experts:
- Dr. Norm Campbell, Professor of Medicine, Community Health Sciences and Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Calgary, HSFC CIHR Chair in Hypertension Prevention and Control, Co-Chair of the PAHO/WHO Technical Advisory Group on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Dietary Salt Reduction, & Chair of the Canadian Hypertension Advisory Committee
- Trevor Hancock, Professor, School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria
- Dr. John Millar, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
- Louise Vandelac, PhD, Directrice de l’Institut des sciences de l’environment de l’Université du Québec à Montréal
- Dr. David McKeown, Medical Officer of Health, Toronto Public Health
- Hélène Delisle, Professor and Director, TRANSNUT, Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, World Health Organization of Collaborating Centre on Nutrition Changes and Development
- Kim Raine, CIHR/HSF Applied Public Health Chair
- Micheline Beaudry, PhD, professeure retraitée de l’Université Laval (nutrition publique)
I have been so excited to see the support for Bill C-460, as our list of supporters continues to grow. With the support of these key organizations, alongside the many Canadians who’ve expressed support for this Bill, I believe we can get Bill C-460 through Parliament and work together to improve the health of all Canadians!
Libby