On April 1, the federal alcohol excise tax went up by 2 per cent instead of the planned 4.7 per cent, after the alcohol industry lobbied the government to scrap the planned increase. But as Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports, a new study shows that alcohol use is costing Canadians far more than what the…
Canada’s alcohol deficit grows to over $6 billion dollars; addictions expect says drop in alcohol tax is a “poor idea”
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