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Sleepwalking Into Prohibition

Lessons from Canada

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Felicity Carter
Oct 29, 2025
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Short post. I have just finished watching the final hearing of the Canadian Senate committee tasked with considering cancer warning labels on alcohol.

By the time they heard opposing views today, Senators had already heard from 10 or so health professionals and alcohol control lobbyists, as well as an impassioned presentation by Senator Brazeau, who originated the Bill.

Which meant the Senators were openly hostile by the time Brad Goddard of the Canadian Craft Brewers Association and Prof Dan Malleck, a medical historian from Brock University, got their chance to speak.

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