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Patricia Lattanzio

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of the panel of chairs for the legislative committees Member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
  • Liberal
  • Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 65%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $104,850.21

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Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Ms. Patricia Lattanzio
Mr. Speaker, my colleague has an excellent question. If such a law had been adopted a few years back, when Senator Greene Raine brought it before the Senate, we probably would have decreased the number of deaths that I have reported since then. More important, we know this is putting a strain on our health care system and is costing, in Canada, $13.8 billion a year. Therefore, it is monetary, in ensuring that our health system does not get negatively impacted. Of course, an impact is also that our kids would have a better and healthier jump-start to their lives.
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Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Ms. Patricia Lattanzio
Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned, Quebec has served as a model in terms of not targeting marketing to kids. However, this bill goes a lot further and is much broader. We want to put more measures in place to ensure that foods that are unhealthy for kids are not marketed to them. Obviously, there have been industries that have tried, in various forms and through various attempts, to still market to young children. Having a law across the land would make this equal for everyone and would ensure that Quebec would abide by the same restrictions as all other provinces across the land.
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