Sen. Marty Deacon hopes new legislation will push the government to regulate the “torrent” of sports gambling advertisements she says Canadians are “subjected to on a daily basis,” in an effort to prevent young people and vulnerable groups from developing gambling addictions.
Deacon is introducing legislation Tuesday through a Senate Public Bill to compel the government to set guidelines and regulate the ads, she said, to “get ahead of these problems.”
“The reality is you cannot sit down in this country to enjoy a sport without being exposed to a barrage of such advertising,” she said. “These ads, though, are much more than just annoying, and they can lead to addictions and other harms, through gambling problems.”
