Chocolate milk is exempt from the tax, as are infant formulas, yogurt drinks and diet drinks containing artificial sweeteners.
The provincial government says the tax is aimed at improving health outcomes, and officials have said they expect it to bring in roughly $9-million a year. Jason Carter owns a convenience store just outside St. John’s, and he said in an interview the implementation of the tax has been confusing and costly.
He wonders why the provincial government isn’t also taxing bags of sugar or sweetened alcoholic beverages if there are concerns about how much sugar Newfoundlanders and Labradorians consume. Our Morning Update and Evening Update newsletters are written by Globe editors, giving you a concise summary of the day’s most important headlines.
Not all on board. Not all Newfoundlanders live on boats.
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Just ridiculous. Stop treating tax payers like children.