This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Minister of Finance Carole James waves to people in the sitting area before she delivers her budget speech from the legislative assembly at B.C. Legislature in Victoria on Feb. 18, 2020. The chairman of the Childhood Obesity Foundation says a new tax on sugary soda will improve the health of British Columbia's children.
“When I see kids, who are drinking sugary drinks and I get them to shift away from sugary drinks, I see a return on that change in behaviour within a month or so,” he said. The Canadian Cancer Society said research published in 2017 by the University of Waterloo estimated a 20 per cent excise tax on sugary drinks would save more than 13,000 lives in Canada and prevent 600,000 cases of obesity and 200,000 cases of Type 2 diabetes over 25 years.
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix said the tax encourages healthy behaviours and provides revenue to help fund government health programs.
Of course, it will not.
Lol.
The left have finally stepped past taxing everything that moves. They know better than you how to manage your choices, taxes will prove it.
That all sounds nice. But raising the price of food, without giving people healthier options is not gonna help anybody. Let’s start by making fruit and veggies affordable
yeah, well that will cost you lot`s of revenue.
Maybe sugary drinks but what about diet and zero drinks? This is just a $30m tax grab
🤣
Really? Pretty sure this tactic has been tried and failed with other things such a tobacco.
This joke and failed every where
LMAO.
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