Soda, juice, and other sugar-sweetened beverages will get cheaper on July 1
The sweet taste of tax relief is coming to Newfoundland and Labrador. The sugar-sweetened beverage tax has been a sticky issue in provincial politics. Now, government says the tax will be gone on July 1st.
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