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Brian Barker’s policy on alcohol warning labels

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Should alcohol bottles be required to carry cancer warning labels like cigarette packages?

BB>BB  ChatGPT Party ResearchYes, consumers have a right to know the direct link between alcohol and cancer.

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Very strongly agree

Yes, consumers have a right to know the direct link between alcohol and cancer.

This aligns closely with NDP themes of informed consent/consumer right-to-know and public-health prevention; the party has often framed health and safety regulation as ensuring people have clear information about risks (similar logic used in tobacco-control debates). Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly agree

Yes

The NDP generally supports stronger public-health regulation and consumer protection (e.g., backing plain packaging/tobacco controls and precautionary health measures), so it would likely favor cancer warning labels on alcohol, though it has not made this a signature national plank. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Agree

Yes, and we should also ban alcohol ads to stop normalizing a Class 1 carcinogen.

The NDP would be sympathetic to stronger alcohol-harm reduction and advertising restrictions, but an outright ad ban is more aggressive than the party’s typical federal positioning; it might support tighter marketing limits (especially around youth) more than a blanket ban. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Disagree

No, excessive labeling will devastate our domestic wine and beer industry.

The NDP is attentive to jobs and domestic industry, but it usually does not prioritize industry impact over public-health labeling; it would more likely seek mitigation/support for producers than oppose warnings on that basis. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly disagree

No

A flat rejection conflicts with the NDP’s typical stance favoring evidence-based health warnings and regulation of harmful products; NDP MPs have historically supported robust tobacco warning/packaging rules rather than opposing labeling outright. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Very strongly disagree

No, this is nanny-state overreach and adults don't need the government to babysit them.

The ‘nanny-state’ framing is ideologically at odds with the NDP’s acceptance of government’s role in public health and regulation; the party has generally supported interventions like strong tobacco controls rather than opposing them as overreach. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

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