Illegal tobacco growth costing three provinces $2.47 billion in taxes: retail report
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/health/2023/09/20/illegal-tobacco-growth-costing-three-provinces-2-47-billion-in-taxes-retail-reportOpen linkView original on lemmy.ca
Guess they should just add more tax to compensate 🙄
Oh I know! Ban illegal cigarettes. That ought to fix it.
How dare you grow that plant! We were going to let a company add a bunch of horrible shit in there and tax you on it!
If you think $2.47 billion is bad Imagine how much tax dodging corporations do.
Most of all, think of how much tax revenue was lost to cannabis sales prior to 2018. And we didn't even care. We were happy to see all cannabis sales happen illegally.