Can this really be true? France is rightly concerned about obesity.
But its latest reported action makes no sense to me.
When you read the small print, you find that this applies to drinks with sweeteners as well as added sugar. So that includes no-calorie drinks too.
The ban also extends to milk, nectars and flavoured waters.
Turning to other incomprehensible government action, Ontario has increased the charge for extracting water from $3.71 per million litres to $503.71 – that’s an increase of 13,477%.
This applies to bottled water, but not to water extraction for alcohol and some other purposes.
The Canadian Bottled Water Association has calculated that Ontario’s bottled water industry extracts as much water in a year as ten golf courses.
Guess how many golf courses there are in Ontario… 825!
You couldn’t make this up.
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