The Canadian Senate has moved to the second reading of a bill that would require beer in Canada to have tobacco-style warning labels on each can or bottle.
Bill S254, “An Act to Amend the Food and Drugs Act (warning label on alcoholic beverages)” went to second reading in the Senate on Thursday.
The bill states that “No person shall sell a beverage that contains 1.1 per cent or more alcohol by volume unless the package in which it is sold bears, in the prescribed form and manner, a label warning against the risks of alcohol consumption to the health of consumers and showing, in addition to any other prescribed information.”
Senator Patrick Brazeau proposed the bill.
“I am proud and humbled that yesterday, my Bill, #S254 was sent to committee for further study,” Brazeau said on Friday.
He added, “80% of Canadians drink #alcohol. Only 25% of Canadians know alcohol consumption causes 7 known fatal #cancers.”
Should the bill come to pass, critics might take refuge in the fact that they won’t have to guzzle back a cold one while transgender lesbian Dylan Mulvaney appears right next to their mouth. Bud Light sales have plummeted since the once-masculine brand decided to celebrate Mulvaney’s ‘365 days of girlhood’ with a personalized beer can.
Earlier this week, Canada became the first country in the world to require health warnings not just on cigarette packages, but on every cigarette. The regulations come into effect on August 1 and will be phased in over time.
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