War on Obesity

Yesterday morning in a North York public school gymnasium, Helena Guergis and Tony Clement declared war on obesity, on behalf of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. "Six out of 10 Canadians are inactive," Health Minister Tony Clement said. The Chronicle Herald reports that the spring relaunch will deliver "a modern message to help fight obesity, which is as bad as it's ever been." With fear that obesity will spread like terrorism, the program which has remained latent for six years, will be championed amongst schoolchildren and octogenarians who still remember Hal Johnson and Joanne MacLeod, who were always keeping fit AND having fun. As if that's possible.