Ontario Liberal MPs want to pitch voters on a "sugar sweetened beverages levy" — more commonly known as a soda tax — in the coming federal election campaign, according to a list of caucus platform priorities obtained by CBC News. The platform priorities list includes a two-page summary of the soda tax proposal written by Ajax MP Mark Holland, a former senior executive at the Heart and Stroke Foundation. It also predicts a soda tax could, by reducing obesity, save Canada's health care system a lot of money. A 'no-brainer'Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, an associate professor at the University of Ottawa and a medical director at the Bariatric Medical Institute, said Canadians should get comfortable with the idea of a soda tax. The Ontario Liberal caucus proposal is similar to initiatives already in place in Mexico, France and some American cities, including Philadelphia.

Source: CBC News May 26, 2019 21:00 UTC