Abstract
An overview of statements and arguments confirm that the relevancy of health-related food taxes remains controversial at international level and in Canada. Soda tax proposals are often subject to intense advocacy efforts. Public health considerations, economic concerns and partisan politics influence the debate on sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxation and may influence the outcome of the policy process. The propensity of a soda tax to be adopted also depends on budgetary, fiscal and administrative considerations. Among stakeholders and within the population, food taxes often appear to be less popular than other nutritional policies. However, the support for such taxes tends to increase if the proceeds are to be earmarked for health promotion initiatives or social programs. In Canada, over the last years, SSB taxation has been more intensively debated in Quebec than in other provinces, which may favour the adoption of a tax should a political window of opportunity open.
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Notes
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Although equally supportive of SSB taxation, moderate and high SSB consumers (vs. low SSB consumers) are less likely to believe that the measure will improve the population’s health (Julia et al. 2015).
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The Quebec Tax Review Board has been officially appointed by decree in June 2014. The mandate given by the government was to consider a potential reform of the Quebec tax system in order to make it more competitive, efficient and equitable (CEFQ 2015).
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Quebec Auditor General annual report draws attention of the Members of Parliament on key issues related to the use of public funds and goods. Since 2008, a volume of the report refers to the activities of the Quebec Commissioner for sustainable development. It covers some educational, social and health matters.
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The word “politic” comes from the Greek “politikos”, meaning the matters “pertaining to the state and its administration or to the public life” (Etymonline 2015).
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Le Bodo, Y., Paquette, MC., De Wals, P. (2016). Social and Political Acceptability of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxation. In: Taxing Soda for Public Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33648-0_13
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