Canadian wine may flow more freely if MPs get their way
Canadian wine may flow more freely if MPs get their way
May 30, 2012 6
(CBS) - A proposal by a B.C. backbencher to allow Canadians to buy wine outside their province is being rushed through the House after a squabble over which party most supports local wineries.
B.C. Conservative MP Dan Albas, who represents Okanagan-Coquihalla, introduced Bill C-311 on Oct. 3, 2011, and had almost shepherded the bill all the way through the House of Commons.
It's currently illegal, with a few exceptions, to carry alcohol over interprovincial boundaries.
The bill was debated Tuesday but time ran out to hold a vote on it. It looked like it wouldn't return for a vote until late September or October, after which it has to go through several votes in the Senate before becoming law.
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