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• B.01.506 (1) If a statement or claim set out in column 4 of the Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims is made in a radio or television advertisement, the information required under the conditions set out in column 3 and, if applicable, the information required by paragraph B.01.503(1)(c), shall be provided in the advertisement, except for the information required under the condition set out in paragraph (a) of column 3, in respect of the following subjects set out in column 1, which may be on the label:

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• (2) Despite subsection (1), if the statement or claim is made in a radio or television advertisement that is not made or placed by or on the direction of the manufacturer of the food, the information required under the condition set out in paragraph (a) of column 3 of the Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims, in respect of the subjects set out in paragraphs (1)(a) to (i), shall be provided in the advertisement.

• (3) If the information required under the conditions set out in column 3 of the Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims and the information required by paragraph B.01.503(1)(c) is provided in a radio advertisement or in the audio portion of a television advertisement, that information shall immediately precede or follow the statement or claim.

• (4) In the case of a television advertisement, the information required under the conditions set out in column 3 of the Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims and, if applicable, the information required by paragraph B.01.503(1)(c), shall be communicated

  • (a) in the audio mode, if the statement or claim is made only in the audio portion of the advertisement or in both the audio and visual portions; or

  • (b) in the audio or visual mode, if the statement or claim is made only in the visual portion of the advertisement.

• (5) If the information required under the conditions set out in column 3 of the Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims and the information required by paragraph B.01.503(1)(c) is communicated in the visual mode of a television advertisement, it shall

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• B.01.503 (1) A person may, on the label of or in any advertisement for a food, make a statement or claim set out in column 4 of the Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims, with respect to a subject set out in column 1, if

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  • (b) the label or advertisement meets the conditions, if any, set out in column 3, in accordance with sections B.01.504 to B.01.506; and

  • (c) in the case of a food that is not a prepackaged product, or a prepackaged product for which an advertisement is not made or placed by or on the direction of the manufacturer of the product, the label or advertisement includes, per serving of stated size, and in accordance with section B.01.505 or B.01.506 if applicable,

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• (2) Despite subsection (1), no person shall, on the label of or in any advertisement for a food that is intended solely for children under four years of age, make a statement or claim set out in column 4 of the Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims unless it is a statement or claim respecting one of the following subjects set out in column 1:

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• (2.01) Despite subsections (1) and (2), it is prohibited, on the label of or in any advertisement for a human milk fortifier, to make a statement or claim set out in column 4 of the Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims.

• (2.1) The information required by paragraph (1)(c) need not be included on the label of or in any advertisement for a fresh vegetable or fruit or any combination of fresh vegetables or fruits without any added ingredients, an orange with added food colour or a fresh vegetable or fruit coated with mineral oil, paraffin wax, petrolatum or any other protective coating, if a statement or claim set out in column 4 of the Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims is made on the label or advertisement.

• (3) If a statement or claim set out in column 4 of the Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims is made on the label of or in any advertisement for a food, all the words, numbers, signs or symbols that constitute the statement or claim shall be of the same size and prominence.

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Marginal note:Required content — all advertisements

• 13 (1) In each of its advertisements for principal protected notes, an institution must disclose how the public may obtain information about the notes.

• Marginal note:Required content — advertisements referring to a note’s features or interest payable

  (2) In each of its advertisements that refer to features of principal protected notes or the interest payable under them, an institution must also disclose

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  • (b) if the advertisement gives an example of a situation in which interest would be payable, an example of another situation in which no interest would be payable;

  • (c) if the advertisement gives an example of a situation in which interest would be payable that is in addition to any minimum interest that is guaranteed, an example of another situation in which only the minimum interest would be payable; and

• Marginal note:Market performance

  (3) An institution that uses past market performance in an advertisement for a principal protected note shall represent that performance fairly and, if hypothetical examples are used, the assumptions underlying those examples must be realistic and must be disclosed in the advertisement. The institution must also disclose in the advertisement that past market performance is not an indicator of future market performance.

Marginal note:Content of report

• 17 (1) The report must set out the following information in respect of the advertising of products in a publication:

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  • (b) the dates the advertisement was published;

  • (c) for each province, the amount of the expenses incurred, by brand or, if applicable, by brand family, for market research, development and design in relation to the advertisement; and

  • (d) the amount of consideration given by the manufacturer for the publication of the advertisement and, if a consideration other than money is given, a description of the consideration and its money value.

• Marginal note:Digital image

  (2) The report must include a digital image of the advertisement, which image must

  • (a) be clear and display colours that are as close as possible to the colours of the advertisement;

  • (b) display any text that appears on the advertisement, in legible characters;

  • (c) include the brand name associated with the advertisement or, if the advertisement relates to a brand family, the brand elements used to identify the brand family; and

  • (d) include the dimensions of the advertisement.

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• B.29.026 (1) Despite anything in these Regulations, it is prohibited, on the label of or in any advertisement for a supplemented food, to make a statement or claim to the effect that a supplemental ingredient that is a nutrient contained in the supplemented food is generally recognized as an aid in maintaining the functions of the body necessary to the maintenance of good health, if the supplemental ingredient is one for which a cautionary statement set out in the list of cautionary statements is applicable.

• (2) However, the label of or advertisement for a supplemented food may carry such a statement or claim if it is accompanied by a statement or claim about the specific action or effect of the supplemental ingredient in maintaining the functions of the body necessary to the maintenance of good health.

• (3) If the label of or any advertisement for the supplemented food carries a statement or claim referred to in subsection (1), that statement or claim and the statement or claim referred to in subsection (2) must,

  • (a) if made on the label of or in an advertisement, other than a radio or television advertisement, for the supplemented food,

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  • (b) if made in a radio advertisement or in the audio portion of a television advertisement for the supplemented food, immediately follow one another; or

  • (c) if made in the visual portion of a television advertisement for the supplemented food,

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