In February 2024, Bill C-372, The Fossil Fuel Advertising Act, was tabled in the House of Commons. CAPE welcomes the introduction of the “Fossil Fuel Advertising Ban” legislation by Charlie Angus, New Democratic Party Critic for Natural Resources and Member of Parliament for Timmins–James Bay, which responds to the CAPE-led campaign for a fossil-fuel ad-ban launched in 2022. Read CAPE’s statement on the tabling of this Private Member’s Bill here.
At the press conference announcing this bill, health providers Dr. Sehjal Bhargava & Émilie Tremblay, For Our Kids and Mères au front advocate Jennifer Smith, and CAPE’s Fossil Fuel Ad Ban Campaign Director Leah Temper spoke of the need for a fossil fuel advertising ban. See highlights from their speeches here.
This private members bill is an important step in addressing this national public health crisis and the campaign of disinformation from the oil and gas industry that is making the problem worse. The bill uses the Health Act in the same way that Canada used it to effectively address misleading advertising from Big Tobacco.
In the News
- Calls mount for crackdown on false fossil fuel ads | National Observer
- Posts misrepresent Canadian MP’s proposal to ban fossil fuel ads | AFP Fact Check
Op Eds
- Opinion: We banned tobacco ads; why not those for fossil fuels? | The Montreal Gazette
- Charlie Angus: The Big Tobacco moment comes for Big Oil | National Observer
- Seth Klein: Like we did for tobacco, we must ban false fossil fuel ads | National Observer