Salt: The Great Killer?

I found this cartoon in Saturday's Montréal Gazette and wondered.  There are now plans to regulate the amount of salt in our food as a means of stabilizing and improving our health (ha, ha).

This is complete and total BS with a capital stink.  The Japanese use more salt on a daily basis with their food as an accompaniment, and they do not have the problems with obesity and health that we face in the West.  Have we just forgotten about that other thing that actually makes us fat called...fat?

I already know more than I need to know about Omega-3, trans fats, multigrain food, brown sugar and the perils of carbohydrates than anyone needs to know.  At least let me enjoy the one spice Canadians actually use and know...