Département de science politique
Faculté des sciences sociales

Université Laval

We will introduce plain packaging requirements for tobacco products, similar to those in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Real Change: A New Plan For a Strong Middle Class (page 21)

« Tobacco packages have become powerful promotional vehicles for the tobacco industry. That's why the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Health, met with local Ottawa high school students today, on World No Tobacco Day, to officially launch public consultations on plain packaging requirements for tobacco products. »

(Press release, May 31, 2016) 

« Since 2001, actions taken under the Government of Canada's Federal Tobacco Control Strategy (Strategy) have helped to lay the foundation for continued success in tobacco control. To build on this success, today, the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Health, confirmed that the Government of Canada is moving forward on an extension of the Strategy, as well as the introduction of new tobacco legislation to address vaping products in Canada.

[…] Minister Philpott will host a national forum in early 2017, to discuss the future of tobacco control and hear from a wide range of stakeholders and Canadians, including First Nations and Inuit Canadians.

At the same time, to address the growing phenomenon of e-cigarettes and vaping, the Government will introduce amendments to the Tobacco Act to create a new legislative framework for regulating these products. »

(Press release, September 27, 2016)

« The federal government is moving forward with its plan to make tobacco companies adopt generic packaging on cigarette packs. (…)On Tuesday, The Public Health Agency of Canada posted a public tender for a "cost-benefit analysis of the plain packaging of tobacco products." The request states: "The Government of Canada has committed to introducing plain packaging requirements for tobacco products, similar to those in Australia and the United Kingdom. Such measures could consider prohibiting elements such as brand colours, logos, and graphics on tobacco packages." »

(CBC, March 16, 2016)

Bill S-5 - An Act to amend the Tobacco Act and the Non-smokers’ Health Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Parliament passes plain tobacco packaging law, regulates vaping- CBC, May 16, 2018

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