MONTREAL - Umthetho ophasiswe yiQuebec ukuze kube lula ukufunwa kwawo amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-60 abakhiqizi bakagwayi ngezindleko zawo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo waphinde wahlaselwa ngoLwesine: izinkampani zikagwayi zazama eNkantolo Yokwedluliswa Kwamacala ukuthi zingasebenzi.
Abakhiqizi bakagwayi babechithiwe eNkantolo Ephakeme ngo-2014 ngesikhathi bedlala okokuqala bephikisana nalo mthetho abathi uphambene neQuebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. Ngo-2009, uhulumeni waseQuebec wamukela "Izindleko Zokunakekelwa Kwempilo Kagwayi kanye Nomthetho Wokubuyisela Umonakalo". Ikakhulukazi, kudala ukucatshangelwa kobufakazi obuvuna uhulumeni, okungadingeki ukuthi bufakazele esigulini ngasinye ukuxhumana phakathi kokuchayeka emikhiqizweni kagwayi nesifo ebesiphethwe yiso. Ngaphandle kwalokhu kucatshangelwa, isenzo seQuebec esilethwe ngo-2012 sasizoba nzima kakhulu.
ENkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala ngoLwesine, abakhiqizi bakagwayi abakhulu bamangalele,I-Imperial Tobacco, i-JTI-Macdonald ne-Rothmans-Benson & Hedges waphinda wathi lo mthetho uyabavimbela ekuqulweni kwecala ngendlela efanele. " Sizoba necala elingekho emthethweni“, kuncenga uSimon Potter omele iRothmans-Benson & Hedges. "Amadayisi alayishiwe".
«Cha, zinqunywa yisishayamthetho“, nokho uphendule ijaji uManon Savard weNkantolo yokuDluliswa kwamaCala. Izinkampani zikagwayi zithi “ziboshwe ozankosi” futhi azikwazi ukuzivikela ngokugcwele.
Ngokusho kwabo, ikakhulukazi ngokucabangela okusiza uhulumeni ukuthi azibonakalise, umthetho waseQuebec ube nomthelela wokuqeda ukuvikelwa okuqukethwe kuSomqulu ohlinzeka ngelungelo "ukulalelwa komphakathi nokungachemi yisigungu esizimele". Futhi kunciphisa izivikelo zabo, bayancenga. "Babeka i-presumption kimi futhi bathatha izindlela zobufakazi zokukuphikisakwengeza u-Éric Préfontaine, ummeli we-Imperial Tobacco.
I-Attorney General yaseQuebec ithi ngokuphambene nalokho umthetho uhlose ukubuyisela ukulingana okuthile nokuthi isishayamthetho sinelungelo lokuguqula imithetho. "Lona umgomo wokulingana kwezikhali", kufanekisela u-Me Benoît Belleau. " Futhi uhulumeni waseQuebec kusafanele afakazele iphutha lezinkampani zikagwayi", wanezela.
Ngokusho kukaHulumeni, amankampani akhuluma amanga ngokwehluleka ukwazisa abathengi ngobungozi bokubhema futhi benza ngamabomu nangendlela ehlangene ukukhohlisa ababhemayo ikakhulukazi abantu abasha.
INkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala izokhipha isinqumo sayo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, njengengxenye yesenzo sekilasi, abakhiqizi bakagwayi bayalwe ukuba bakhokhe imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-15 zamaRandi kwababhemayo baseQuebec. Inkantolo yathola ukuthi izinkampani zikagwayi zenza amaphutha amaningana, okuhlanganisa ukulimaza abanye nokungawazisi amakhasimende azo ngobungozi nezingozi zemikhiqizo yazo.
«Izinkampani zithole izigidigidi zamaRandi ngokulimaza amaphaphu, umphimbo kanye nempilo jikelele yamakhasimende azo.“, singafunda yini esinqumweni seJaji uBrian Riordan weNkantolo Ephakeme, ngokungangabazeki ezosetshenziswa uhulumeni waseQuebec ukufakazela iphutha labakhiqizi bakagwayi.
Ngokushesha izinkampani zaveza ukuthi zizosidlulisela phambili isinqumo. Bagomela ngokuthi abathengi abadala kanye nohulumeni bebebazi ubungozi obuhlobene nokusetshenziswa kukagwayi amashumi eminyaka, impikiswano nabo abayethulayo ukuze bachithe isenzo esilethwe yiQuebec.
Ezinye izifundazwe eziningana sezishaye imithetho yokushushisa abakhiqizi bakagwayi. Umthetho waseBritish Columbia ofana nowaseQuebec wanqunywa ngokomthethosisekelo yiNkantolo Ephakeme yaseCanada ngo-2005.
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