Canada’s alcohol deficit grows to over $6 billion dollars; addictions expect says drop in alcohol tax is a “poor idea”

On April 1, the federal alcohol excise tax went up by 2 per cent instead of the planned 4.7 per cent, after the alcohol industry lobbied the government to scrap the planned increase.
But as Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports, a new study shows that alcohol use is costing Canadians far more than what the government is collecting in taxes.

• Social cost of alcohol addiction in Canada outweighs government revenue by billions annually: report