Contact the government

Below is a pre-formatted letter (which you can amend, if you wish) that you can send to your Member of Parliament.

Dear Member,

As your constituent, I ask you to support a ban on gambling ads, just as in the past the government has prohibited advertisements for tobacco and cannabis.

Bill S-269, An Act respecting a national framework on Advertising for Sports Betting, was unanimously passed by the Senate in December 2025 after lengthy hearings. The bill would require the federal government to develop a framework that would identify measures to regulate and restrict the use of advertising for single-event sports betting. It would also set national standards for the prevention and diagnosis of problem gambling.

Once passed, the Bill was sent to the House of Commons but when the government was prorogued in January, the Bill became defunct. We hope it will be again approved in speedy fashion by the Senate, but in any case this is an issue which should be addressed quickly by the Commons.

There is a substantial number of professional studies which show that gambling is a serious mental health concern, particularly for young men. Many of those studies are summarized in material on the web site www.banadsforgamblign.ca.   White Papers No.1 and 2 (found in the Resource section of the web site) are most helpful

As your constituent, I strongly support a ban on gambling ads and urge you to do the same. I ask that you contact other members of your party’s caucus to indicate your support and urge them to agree that a bill to prohibit gambling ads should be quickly introduced in the House of Commons.

Please let me know whether you support this prohibition and what you plan to do to see it implemented.

Thank you

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