Editor’s Note: Canada’s ambivalence about (non-tax) tobacco control is most evident in the territory of Nunavut where 90% of pregnant women smoke. See, The Ultimate Tobacco Control Failure: 90% of Pregnant Women Smoking (2nd in an investigative series).
“It Is Not Reasonable To Expect A Tobacco Retailer To Control Its Employees At All Times” – Superior Court of Quebec
A single appeal judgment, which will undoubtedly serve as a precedent for convenience stores, has just reiterated that the concept of due diligence must be precisely what it says, ie “due or adequate supervision”!
Serge Richard, owner of the Dépanneur 5 Étoiles in Trois-Rivières, was sentenced on July 12, 2016 by Judge Gaétan Ratté to a fine of $ 500 plus fees for having, on August 11, 2014 and through an employee, sold tobacco to a minor, in this case a 16-year-old assistant inspector hired by the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS).
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