Billions to flow to provinces as part of historic tobacco settlement – CBC
Ontario, Quebec both receiving over a billion dollars in initial payments on Aug. 29
Aug 28, 2025
Billions in initial payments from tobacco companies are about to flow into provincial and territorial coffers on Friday as part of a $32.5 billion settlement, with Ontario and Quebec both set to receive over a billion dollars, and the other provinces millions more.
And anti-smoking advocates are urging the provinces and territories to use money from the historic settlement on public health programs.
In March, an Ontario judge sanctioned a $32.5-billion plan requiring three major tobacco companies to pay out billions of dollars in compensation to provinces, territories and former smokers.
