Bill S-5, “An Act to amend the Tobacco Act and the Non-smokers’ Health Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts” is a Senate Bill to regulate vaping products, retailers and manufacturers.
It’ll effectively kill conventions, enforces strict labelling, prohibits the inter-province mail of vaping devices (tobacco products), thankfully doesn’t seem to prohibit mailing of base juice and flavours (vaping products) and carries the same penalties for the sale of juice and products to youth as cigarettes.
This bothers me greatly:
Flavours
30.48 (1) No person shall promote a vaping product set out in column 2 of Schedule 3, including by means of the packaging, through an indication or illustration, including a brand element, that could cause a person to believe that the product has a flavour set out in column 1.
Prohibition -- sale
(2) No person shall sell a vaping product set out in column 2 of Schedule 3 if an indication or illustration referred to in subsection (1) is displayed on the product or on its package.
Amendment of Schedule 3
30.49 (1) The Governor in Council may, by order, amend Schedule 3 by adding, amending or deleting
(a) the name or description of a flavour or vaping product; or
(b) a reference to all vaping products, with or without exceptions.
And Schedule 3 consists of: Confectionery, Dessert, Cannabis, Soft drink, Energy drink
My go to flavours are coffee, licorice, “rainbow candy” (Skittles like) and cheesecake flavours. Does “through an indication or illustration” mean plain text, or just a picture of a cola bottle?
Lance seems to be one one those naive people, who honestly believes that someone in government cares about anyone or anything that is not government. From the Canada food guide, to residential schools, to Tommy Douglas sterilizing undesirables… well, if you ever expect government to do anything for you other than by accident, you will be disappointed your entire life.
Safety nazis gotta nazi.
It was just a matter of time before government stepped in to regulate this activity even though vaping has thus far not been proven to be harmful and experts agree that it is safer …. much safer …. than smoking. When you’re going up against big tobacco, big pharma and the ever-present safety Nazis, your chances of operating a successful business without undue interference are very slim.
“Does “through an indication or illustration” mean plain text, or just a picture of a cola bottle?”
It means whatever some d-ckhead at Health and Welfare wants it to mean. They’re stepping in to regulate using the usual “It’s for the Chillllldren!” BS they always use.
What they -really- want to get ahead of is the cannabis wave that’s coming. Weed in ten fruit flavors, at the corner store, next year. It’s coming. You can see the little wheels turning in their heads behind that language.
Ultimate reasoning? Taxes, of course. Take all the money out of the transaction that they can, and leave the crumbs for the stupid peasants. That would be us.
When government is comprised of dozens of unnecessary ministries, some diligent drone will discover something that hasn’t been regulated every which way and add it to their CV, doubly so when it is associated with a sin-taxable item.
Five dead in Quebec Mosque.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-mosque-shooting-idUSKBN15E04S
Alert! 5 people killed in a Quebec City mosque as reported on Fox News – well before anything from either CTV or CBC.
Hitler was just a little ahead of his time in his thinking.
Could someone tell me why we have 2 national news networks that can’t even cover breaking news like this? Both CBC and CTV had their regular 11.p.m. newscasts (at 9 p.m. here) and not a word even though this happened 3 hours ago. It was all Trump for the first 40 minutes.
It is very simple. Tobacco provides billions in tax revenue. Vapor does not. Tobacco is addictive, ensuring a continuous revenue stream. Vaping gets people off tobacco, breaking the revenue stream. I wonder which one government will go after.
People who continue to believe government serves anything but government, please never speak again.
Somewhat queer article, must say. Vaping will save he lives of millions of animals. Upgrade to a vape today at https://qualityvapes.club . Much better than using cigarettes.
It’s very simple, just say it is shiny pony’s favourite vegetable (i.e. marjihuana) and be sure that is prominently displayed on the packaging with a nice pic of a joint in his mouth.
Who can complain after all, years of smoking the stuff have apparently been very good for his health and career?
Who voted for this?
Oh yeah, nobody.
So glad I live in a democracy.
isn’t freedom a wonderful thing.