ONTARIO REFUSES TO JOIN CANADA BIG TOBACCO CASE
December 1st, 2006
BY MONICA DOBIE, in Ottawa
THE CANADIAN province of Ontario is refusing to join six other provinces in a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against big tobacco companies, leaving the western province of British Columbia to lead the fight.
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has said: "There are two agendas here. We're pursuing one particular agenda and that is to reduce the incidence of tobacco use in Ontario, especially among our young people. The other agenda is about punishing big tobacco. We have not embraced that agenda. That does not serve our ...
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