What do Susur Lee, Il Fornello, Toronto Board of Health and FoodShare have in common? They all support Olivia Chow’s Children’s Health and Nutrition Initiative. It calls for a nutritious breakfast, snack or lunch to be provided to any Canadian child under 18 years of age. The second component of the Initiative calls for innovative [...]
Universal Food Program
Our children are fatter and sicker than previous generations. What can we do to ensure every Canadian has access to healthy food? Olivia and the New Democrats have ideas for a comprehensive food strategy: • Enact legislation that will require that food be properly labelled with information on its origin, its nutritional value and whether [...]
Numerous studies have shown that the number of obese children is steadily increasing. Olivia has repeatedly called on the government to implement a national childhood nutrition policy that would provide at least one healthy meal to all children under 18 every day. Last month Olivia spoke to a conference on public health and nutrition which was presented by the Centre for Science in the Public Interest with child nutrition and general health experts.
During my university years I was a waitress and came to love serving rainbow trout. Even today I can still remember the sparkling skin and sweet flesh. So when I visited a local farmers’ market recently it was natural for me to wander over to the stall that was selling rainbow trout. Sean Lovell described [...]
Olivia Chow recently met with childcare advocates from across the country at a Mother’s Day rally on Parliament Hill. The rally was held to call on the Government to adopt a national childcare plan.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 14, 2010 MP Olivia Chow is dismayed that nearly three years to the day after she called for a national healthy food program for our children, there has been no action and kids are getting fatter. “On January 17, 2007, I launched The Children’s Health and Nutrition Initiative with the support [...]
Olivia visited one of the many local child care centres just in time for snacks and play. View the whole Photo Set Here
Thursday, May 21, 2009, from 6:00 – 8:30 pm St. Stephen’s Community House, 91 Bellevue Avenue (1 block south of College)
