🇨🇦 Five years of promises, zero action: Liberals still can't ban candy vapes

Health Minister Marjorie Michel now claims she needs provincial permission to restrict vaping flavours — a promise first made in 2021. Ottawa has had regulations ready for two years but won't pull the trigger, citing fear of black markets. Convenient excuse, straight from industry lobbyists who've been meeting with Liberal ministers to block the ban. Meanwhile, one in three Canadians under 25 now vapes regularly, 10 percent of high schoolers vape daily, and Canada holds one of the highest youth vaping rates globally.

This isn't incompetence — it's regulatory capture. The same government that banned legal firearms without hesitation suddenly discovers federalism when nicotine corporations come knocking. Michel won't even commit to a timeline, just vague hopes and consultations. Five years, countless lobbying sessions, and an entire generation hooked on bubblegum-flavoured nicotine. But sure, they care about your kids.

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