Canada

Ontarians Back Weed Lounges, Private Retail

AM 800 CKLW: A Nanos Research poll shows most Ontarians want legal weed sold in private retail stores instead of at government operations like the LCBO.

Cannabis survey finds buyers want Private Retail

AM 800 CKLW: Cannabis survey from Consumer Choice Center shows that Ontario buyers prefer private retail to government controlled cannabis sales.

Poll Finds 55% Of Ontarians Want Private Cannabis Shops; 48% Want Lounges

CIVILIZED: Most residents of Ontario want legal cannabis sold in private retail stores instead of government operations, according to a new Nanos Research poll.

62% of Canadians “oppose” or “somewhat oppose” banning ridesharing services: poll

CANADIAN UNDERWRITERS: More than six in 10 Canadians (62%) oppose or somewhat oppose banning ridesharing services such as Uber, according to recent polling conducted by Nanos Research.

New Survey Says the Majority of Ontarians Support the Idea of Buying Alcohol from Private Retailers

Z-103.5 AM: New polling by Nanos Research has found that nearly 60% of Ontarians would have supported or at least “somewhat supported” allowing the sale of liquor and spirits at private retailers if the LCBO had gone on strike back in June.

Most Canadians Oppose Government Banning Sharing Economy Services Like Uber, Airbnb

TECHVIBES: When asked their level of support for banning ride-sharing services such as Uber, more than three in five Canadians say they oppose (41%) or somewhat oppose (21%) this; 9% are unsure.

B.C. advocates laud consultation on banning junk food ads to kids

METRO: Consumer Choice Center lambasts the proposed ad bans as “just another example of paternalistic government encroaching on consumer choice.”

Education, parenting better than ad bans for healthy choices of children

RICOCHET: The Consumer Choice Center receives mention in a piece supportive of banning ads for food aimed at children.

Restricting junk food advertising for children misses the point

AM980: Canada wants to restrict junk food advertising for children. Is that a step too far for consumer choice?

Earlier Access To New Drugs Could Solve Canada’s Affordability Crisis

HUFFINGTON POST: Policymakers are fiercely debating how to tackle the soaring costs of prescription drugs in Canada.

Why Fewer Canadians Are Using Tobacco

HUFFINGTON POST: Despite millions in proposed new spending for getting Canadians unhooked off tobacco, fewer are lighting up.

Supply Management and the Dairy Farmers of Canada

The Conservative Online: Supply management is one of the policies in Canadian politics that seems to never give way.

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