Canada may be one country but its citizens in most provinces cannot order wine from another province unless they do it through government controlled liquor boards.
The Canadian Parliament last year removed a ban on inter-provincial wine orders, but provinces other than Ontario and British Columbia still have not changed their own rules to allow the trade.
provincial trade barriers. © CBC
Rowland Dunning, a spokesman for the provincial liquor control boards, says the provinces don’t want to lose the tax revenue they get from selling through liquor stores. That’s worth about $300 million a year.
Wine producers say the trade barriers hurt their business and hurt tourism. Canadians on vacation like to tour vineyards and are disappointed when they cannot have bottles shipped home.
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