US EditionB.C. starts receiving initial $936M payment from big tobacco settlement
- British Columbia's attorney general, Niki Sharma, announced that the province has started receiving a $936 million payment from its share of a tobacco settlement.
- The $936 million is part of B.C.'s share of over $3.6 billion from a settlement against big tobacco companies over health damages.
- Sharma stated that the funds will help strengthen the health-care system and offset costs for smoking-related illnesses.
- Sharma emphasized that the settlement sends a message against deceptive practices by multinational companies that harm people.
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B.C. starts receiving initial $936M payment from big tobacco settlement
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B.C. starts receiving initial $936M payment from big tobacco settlement – Energeticcity.ca
British Columbia’s attorney general says the province has begun to receive the initial payment from its multi-billion-dollar share of the settlement in a pan-Canadian lawsuit against big tobacco companies over health damages. A statement from Niki Sharma says the province has begun receiving the $936-million-dollar payment, part of B.C.’s share of more than $3.6 billion over 18 years. It’s part of a $32.5-billion Canadian settlement between JTI-…
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