Derrière des recommandations présentées comme scientifiques, des réseaux militants anti-alcool cherchent à influencer les politiques publiques américaines. Une stratégie assumée qui pose la question des limites entre recherche, idéologie et...
Prime Minister Mark Carney has spent much of his tenure so far reversing Trudeau-era policies that proved politically toxic or economically counterproductive. His first act as prime minister was zeroing...
Should politicians be able to hike taxes without standing up to cast a vote? Thanks to a 2017 policy implemented by Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, that’s exactly what happens every year with alcohol taxes. Every year...
On Friday, the province of Ontario announced it is freezing the 4.6 per cent scheduled increase in beer taxes, and will hold off on any tax increases until 2026. This...
If you’re like me, this past holiday season was one of relief with a sense of normality. Unlike years prior, Ontario wasn’t in lockdown, or on the verge of one,...
Non-alcoholic beer has been subject to federal excise taxes despite not containing virtually any alcohol at all. Our North American Affairs Manager, David Clement pointed out several problems with this...
Beer is one of those products that gets heavily taxed however should that mean the tax should be equal between alcoholic and dealcoholized beer? Listen to the interview here
... Before the pandemic, while at a Blue Jays game, my head turned when a patron at the bar ordered a non-alcoholic beer. At first, I thought this might just be...
Across the board, we should expect better from Ottawa, and the tax on non-alcoholic beer is yet another example of where they’ve gotten it wrong. Sin-taxes, across all sectors, are...
