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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