Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is urging the Liberal government to help pass Bill C-262, which would allow Canada Post to deliver alcohol across provincial borders, saying this would expand consumer choice and boost the economy.
His request comes as Washington has recently banned the import of most Canadian alcohol in response to Canada’s counter-tariffs on the United States.
“Canadians should be free to buy B.C. and Niagara wine, Alberta whisky, New Brunswick beer and Nova Scotia gin, wherever they live,” Poilievre wrote in a Sept. 13 letter to Prime minister Mark Carney.
“We cannot control what happens in Washington, but we can control the taxes and barriers we impose on ourselves.”…