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A Consumer Protection Perspective On Regulation For Healthier Eating, Barbara Von Tigerstrom
A Consumer Protection Perspective On Regulation For Healthier Eating, Barbara Von Tigerstrom
Dalhousie Law Journal
This article explores the potential for a consumer protection perspective to complement public health approaches in designing and justifying laws that aim to promote healthier eating, such as food labelling regulations or restrictions on marketing and advertising. Consumer protection and public health are distinct perspectives, but they share the goal of protecting health and both accept the need for regulation to protect important interests. Consumer protection objectives could be used to defend public health measures that are challenged as infringing rights or restricting trade. Insights from consumer law and scholarship could also contribute to discussions about when regulatory intervention to …
New Consumer Legislation In Nova Scotia, Hugh M. Kindred
New Consumer Legislation In Nova Scotia, Hugh M. Kindred
Dalhousie Law Journal
While political observers were commenting upon the dullness of the 1975' spring session of the Legislature, something approaching a quiet revolution was taking place in Consumer Law. Changes were heralded in January 1975 when the amendments of late 19732 to the Consumer Services Act were proclaimed in force. The amendments expanded the functions of the Consumer Services Bureau and, most importantly, permitted for the first time the appointment of a minister of Cabinet rank to administer the Act. A few days before the Legislature met in March, Dr. Maynard McAskill was named to that position. The new minister wasted no …