B.C. seeks national rules to rein in gambling advertising

A new study commissioned by the B.C. government’s gambling regulator suggests that nearly one-fifth of British Columbians engaged in moderate- to high-risk gambling behaviour in the past year.
In response, B.C. is calling on the federal government to create a national framework of advertising controls to tackle the “normalization” of gambling, particularly among youth.
Nina Krieger, B.C.’s Solicitor General and Public Safety minister, wrote to her federal counterparts on