VANCOUVER — The dozens of Kentucky bourbons listed on the BC Liquor Stores website range from a two-ounce bottle of Maker’s Mark, priced at $5.29, to a $2,400 bottle of Woodford Reserve, aged in cognac barrels and presented in a crystal decanter.
What they all have in common is the “currently unavailable” designation, having been yanked from sale by British Columbia’s government in retaliation for U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian imports.
Calling time on U.S. alcohol has been a popular move among Canadian provincial and territorial governments looking for ways to fight back in the trade war.
It’s a way of capitalizing on government control over
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