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Nova Scotia is being urged to scrap immoderate thoughts of expanding intoxicant income by a radical of experts based successful Ontario. To marque their case, they're citing examples from B.C. and Ontario, wherever retail entree has increased.
Group makes lawsuit for N.S. not to 'make the aforesaid mistakes arsenic Ontario and British Columbia'
Gareth Hampshire · CBC News
· Posted: Jun 27, 2025 3:07 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 27
Nova Scotia is being urged to scrap immoderate thoughts of expanding intoxicant income by a radical of experts based successful Ontario.
The letter — signed by 8 radical from organizations specified arsenic the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation Project — has been sent to Premier Tim Houston and members of the legislature.
It warns that more entree to intoxicant could person damaging impacts. It cited examples from B.C. and Ontario, wherever retail entree has increased.
"We request to get that connection to the state earlier they marque the aforesaid mistakes arsenic Ontario and British Columbia person made," said Ian Culbert, the enforcement manager of the Canadian Public Health Association, who is simply a signatory.
The letter, signed by nationalist wellness and argumentation experts, said research successful some provinces shows erstwhile it is easier to bargain booze, the wellness risks spell up arsenic well.
It said that aft Ontario expanded retail entree to intoxicant successful 2015, alcohol-related exigency section visits roseate successful 2 years by much than 24,000. In B.C., a 20 per cent increase successful intoxicant retail outlets was linked to a 3.25 per cent increase successful alcohol-related deaths.
The missive points to alcohol-related harms, including avoidable hospitalizations, preventable deaths and heightened hazard of chronic diseases specified as cancer.
"Alcohol is 1 of the starring causes of crab aft tobacco. In fact, it tin pb to the improvement of 9 antithetic types of cancers," said Brandon Purcell, who besides signed the missive and is with the Canadian Cancer Society.
"Only astir 50 per cent of folks successful Atlantic Canada are alert of the nexus betwixt intoxicant and cancer."
The Nova Scotia Alcohol Policy Coalition already issued its ain informing to the state successful a missive it sent to MLAs past month.
It said that successful 2022, intoxicant was liable for 571 deaths and astir 44,200 exigency section and infirmary visits crossed the province.
Survey underway successful Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is conducting a nationalist sentiment survey to spot what radical deliberation astir expanding retail entree to alcohol.
The survey, which closes Monday, includes questions connected wellness and information considerations for immoderate imaginable changes, the types of stores wherever intoxicant tin beryllium sold and locations wherever radical are allowed to devour it.
A quality merchandise issued past period said it is simply a bully clip to analyse however intoxicant is sold and consumed, successful portion due to the fact that the state is taking steps to destruct interprovincial commercialized barriers.
The merchandise said about 1,500 Nova Scotians would beryllium surveyed.
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Gareth Hampshire began his vocation with CBC News successful 1998. He has worked arsenic a newsman successful Edmonton and is present based successful Halifax.
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