Canada: Wine bill would get rid of Prohibition-era trade barrier
Canada: Wine bill would get rid of Prohibition-era trade barrier
Jan 7, 2012 6
(Canoe) — He can ship a case of his popular Niagara-on-the-Lake wine to a consumer in Japan, but he can't to a fellow Canadian in British Columbia.
But if a private member's bill to amend a Prohibition-era federal liquor law restricting cross-province wine shipments gets the green light, Paul Bosc Jr., president of Chateau des Charmes, will have less "comical" conversations with some of his dedicated customers across the country, and get a lot more business.
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