Ontario, Quebec and B.C. among provinces pulling U.S. booze from provincial retailers

Canadian alcohol producers are cheering decisions from several provinces to yank U.S. booze from provincial liquor stores.

They say the move will deliver a boost to homegrown business while adding ammunition to a federal plan aimed at getting the U.S. to back down from tariffs.

“No doubt, it’s a big opportunity … to showcase true nationalism, and it’s supporting Canadian jobs, local manufacturing,” said Bromlyn Bethune, the president of Toronto-based Steam Whistle Brewing.

Her comments came on the heels of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s Sunday announcement revealing that he would take aim at the nearly $1 billion worth of U.S. wine, beer, spirits and seltzers sold in the LCBO

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