Canada: A chance to reform our antiquated laws on wine
Canada: A chance to reform our antiquated laws on wine
Feb 10, 2012 6
(Vancouversun) - Write your MP to bring down prohibition-era barriers. There is a great deal of optimism that Bill C-311, a private member’s bill proposed by Okanagan-Coquihalla MP Dan Albas, will eventually pass through Parliament and quash a 1920s ban on the interprovincial movement of liquor. But will the provincial monopolies give up the hammer that easily?
Last December, federal MPs voted unanimously to support the bill, effectively amending the aforementioned and all-powerful Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act (IILA) to allow individuals to import wine for their personal use. Casually transporting or shipping booze across provincial boundaries has been banned since the IILA was implemented in 1928
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