Experts, Liberal MP hope for full ban on sports betting ads as advocates cite mental health decline

CBC - Oct 30, 2026

Sports betting businesses in Ontario, Alberta and eventually Quebec could soon be limited by a Senate bill seeking to restrict sports betting ads across Canada based on findings of increased addiction and gambling-related harms and suicides in Ontario, which reached committee on Wednesday.

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