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Montreal’s city council passed a motion Monday calling for the gradual phasing out of sugary drinks in all municipal buildings like arenas and sports centres in a bid to reduce their negative health effects.

At the same time, the motion called on the government of Canada to impose a tax on the producers of sugary drinks, citing studies that such a tax could save 13,000 lives nationwide over the next 25 years and save the government $11.6 billion in health costs.

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Proposed by Snowdon city councillor Marvin Rotrand, the only member of the Coalition Montreal municipal party, the motion was endorsed by ruling party Projet Montréal and official opposition party Mouvement Montréal, formerly known as Équipe Denis Coderre. The motion calls for the city to examine measures that would allow the gradual elimination of sugary drinks from arenas and sport centres. Similar bans already exist in two of Montreal’s 19 boroughs, St-Laurent and Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.