S-269National Framework on Advertising for Sports Betting Act

What it does

• Requires the Minister of Canadian Heritage to develop a national framework for sports betting ads, including ways to limit ad use, number, scope, location, and the use of celebrities and athletes.
• Requires the framework to include measures for research, information-sharing, and national standards for preventing and diagnosing harmful gambling and addiction, and for supporting affected people.
• Requires the minister to consult federal ministers, provinces and territories, Indigenous communities, regulators, and other stakeholders while developing the framework.
• Requires the minister to table a report with the framework and an implementation plan within one year, then a second report within five years on what was carried out and what was not.
• Requires the CRTC to review its regulations and policies on sports betting advertising and report its conclusions and recommendations to the minister within one year of royal assent.