Junk Food to Retain Tax Exemption

March 14, 2008: 12:00 AM EST

British Columbia has no plans to remove the sales tax exemption from junk food, despite pleas from the chair of an all-party committee that recommended this action in 2006 and a call from obesity experts to impose disincentives on junk foods and make healthier foods cheaper. The latest call came mid-March when the Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. and Yukon hosted two events at the University of B.C. featuring some of Canada's top experts on obesity. Ralph Sultan, chair of the select standing committee on health, dismissed business objections as “malarkey” but also admitted the proposal wouldn’t do much to slow sales of junk food. However, it would send the right message, he said.

Pamela Fayerman, "Sales Tax Exemption to Remain on Junk Food", Vancouver Sun, March 14, 2008, © Canwest Publishing Inc.

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