Why a sugar tax would be sweet for Canadians

Lost in the noise generated by the legitimate backlash to Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s tax-reform proposals is a fiscal initiative that the federal government should have introduced a long time ago. A tax on sugary drinks would have been an easy political winner, with clear public health benefits and an opportunity to generate close to $1.7 billion in annual revenue; eclipsing the $250 million the Liberal government has claimed it will raise from its pending tax changes. This important