DELHI -- A lawyer working with tobacco farmers in Ontario says Canada's high cigarettes taxes are unconstitutional and suggests governments could face a court challenge over it.
The farmers are considering filing a lawsuit worth at least $800 million against the federal and provincial governments, blaming them for the downturn in the tobacco industry.
Lawyer Malcolm Bennett of London, Ont., also suggested the farmers could sue over federal and provincial governments' failure to protect the tobacco growing industry by allowing cigarettes into the country.
"Some people have a taste for a fight," New Tobacco Alliance Committee (NTAC) co-chair Garry Proven said yesterday. "We'll represent anyone who wants to go through with this."
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