Canada’s tobacco law review delayed and diminished

The problems of adult tobacco use—and the lack of any discernible success for the government’s harm reduction approach—are in need of parliamentary oversight.

The scope and purpose of Canada’s tobacco laws have not changed since the mid 1980s and the rule of law suffers by the minister’s decision to ignore their statutory duty to review and report on the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act, writes Atul Kapur. Pexels photograph by Gustavo Fring

Opinion

BY ATUL KAPUR

September 14, 2022

What should happen when Parliament passes a law that says “the minister must” but the minister chooses not to? In the case of tobacco products, this is no longer a hypothetical question. Months have passed since Parliament’s May 2022 deadline for a ministerial report on the “provisions ...

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