This is the first article I’ve seen mention that the plan for interprovincial liquor sales is about direct-to-consumer sales.
It’s a good thing, but I’m not sure how transformative it would be. The cost of shipping would easily exceed the price of beer or wine. Spirits would maybe be the product category that direct-to-consumer sales would make the most sense on. But even a $50 bottle of gin would cost nearly that much to ship from BC to Ontario.
Interesting… I was under the impression. That NFLD/LAB weren’t participating because it could hurt small local breweries, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.
I do understand the concern over job losses, especially since people are already being layed-off due to tariffs.
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Nah
Local breweries and unions are two of my favourite things in the world, so maybe we should listen to these concerns.
The trick to supporting local breweries is to support local breweries. Everywhere I’ve lived in Canada I’ve bought beer from my local guys, often directly from their door, despite many beers from across the country and around the world being available at the liquor store.
But these “local breweries” in the article are Molson-Coors and Labatt. The first is now American-owned and the second is the largest brewing company in Canada. I think they will be just fine.
