Warning labels on alcohol bottles devalue cultural heritage

Senator Patrick Brazeau is at it again. After his bill, which would add cancer warning labels to alcohol cans and bottles, failed to pass before the last election, Brazeau reintroduced his legislation earlier this year and is trying to gain enough support from fellow senators to push the bill through the Senate.   

Brazeau, who had a lengthy battle with alcohol addiction, says alcohol “does ruin lives” and he’s determined to do whatever it takes to scare Canadians away from consuming it. That includes using misleading data that overblows the incredibly marginal impact that consuming alcohol regularly has when it comes to being at risk of developing cancer. 

Continue reading in the Toronto Sun.

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