I-MONTREAL - Umthetho ophunyezwe yi-Quebec ukuququzelela ibango layo le-60 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngokuchasene nabavelisi becuba ngeendleko zokunakekelwa kwempilo waphinda wahlaselwa ngoLwesine: iinkampani zecuba zazama kwiNkundla yesiBheno ukuba zingasebenzi.
Abavelisi becuba baye bagxothwa kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo ngo-2014 kumdlalo wabo wokuqala ngokuchasene nalo mthetho abathi uchasene neQuebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. Ngo-2009, urhulumente waseQuebec wamkela "Iindleko zokhathalelo lwempilo yecuba kunye noMthetho wokuBuyiselwa komonakalo". Ngokukodwa, idala intelekelelo yobungqina obuxhasa urhulumente, obunganyanzelekanga ukuba bungqine kwisigulana ngasinye ikhonkco phakathi kokuchanabeka kwimveliso yecuba kunye nesifo ebesiphethwe siso. Ngaphandle koku kucingelwa, isenzo saseQuebec esiziswe ngo-2012 besiya kuba nzima ngakumbi.
Kwinkundla yezibheno ngoLwesine, abona benzi becuba bamangalela,I-Imperial Tobacco, i-JTI-Macdonald kunye ne-Rothmans-Benson & Hedges waphinda wathi lo mthetho uyabathintela ekuxoxweni ngobulungisa. " Siza kuba nolingo olungekho ngqiqweni", undicenge uSimon Potter omele iRothmans-Benson & Hedges. "Idayisi zilayishiwe».
«Hayi, zigqitywe ngulo mthetho", nangona kunjalo uphendule ijaji uManon Savard weNkundla yeziBheno. Iinkampani zecuba zithi “zibotshwe izandla” yaye azikwazi ukuzikhusela ngokupheleleyo.
Ngokutsho kwabo, ngakumbi ngentelekelelo enceda urhulumente ukuba azibonakalise, umthetho waseQuebec uye waba nefuthe lokuphelisa ukhuseleko oluqulethwe kuMqulu obonelela ngelungelo "inkundla yoluntu nokungakhethi cala yinkundla ezimeleyo". Kwaye kunciphisa ukhuseleko lwabo, bayabongoza. "Babeka ingqikelelo kum kwaye bathatha iindlela zobungqina bokubuphikisawongeze u-Éric Préfontaine, igqwetha le-Imperial Tobacco.
IGqwetha Jikelele laseQuebec lithi, ngokuchaseneyo, umthetho unenjongo yokubuyisela ulungelelwaniso oluthile kwaye ummisi-mthetho unelungelo lokutshintsha imithetho. "Lo ngumgaqo-siseko wokulingana kwezixhobo", undibonise uBenoît Belleau. " Kwaye urhulumente waseQuebec kusafuneka abonakalise impazamo yeenkampani zecuba"Wongeze watsho.
Ngokutsho kukarhulumente, ezi nkampani zenze ubuxoki ngokusilela ukwazisa abathengi ngobungozi bokutshaya kwaye zenze ngabom nangendlela ehlangeneyo ukuqhatha abantu abatshayayo, ngakumbi abantu abatsha.
INkundla yeziBheno iya kuwisa isigwebo sayo emva kwexesha.
Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, njengenxalenye yesenzo seklasi, abavelisi becuba bayalelwa ukuba bahlawule ngaphezu kweedola ezili-15 zeebhiliyoni kwiibheyi zaseQuebec. Inkundla yafumanisa ukuba iinkampani zecuba zenza iimpazamo ezininzi, eziquka ukwenzakalisa abanye nokungabaxeleli abathengi ngeengozi neengozi zemveliso yazo.
«Iinkampani zirhole iibhiliyoni zeedola kukonakalisa imiphunga, umqala kunye nokuphila kakuhle kwabathengi babo.", ngaba sinokufunda kwisigqibo soMgwebi uBrian Riordan weNkundla ePhakamileyo, ngokungathandabuzekiyo eya kusetyenziswa ngurhulumente waseQuebec ukubonakalisa impazamo yabavelisi becuba.
Ngokukhawuleza iinkampani zachaza ukuba ziza kusibhena isigwebo. Bathetha ukuba abathengi abadala kunye noorhulumente baye baqaphela imingcipheko ehambelana nokusetyenziswa kwecuba amashumi eminyaka, ingxabano abayibonisayo ukugxotha isenzo esiziswe yiQuebec.
Amanye amaphondo aliqela awise imithetho yokutshutshisa abenzi becuba. Umthetho waseBritish Columbia ofana nowaseQuebec wagwetywa ngokomgaqo-siseko yiNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseKhanada ngowama-2005.
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