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- In BC, Where Did the US Wine Customers Go?
The BCLDB (the government wholesale liquor monopoly) releases a quarterly Liquor Market Review, which often contains useful information on wine sales and trends in the BC marketplace. They recently released the review for Q2 of 2025-2026 which covers off the sales period from July-September 2025. Co … Read more »
- Lower Consumption = Lower Liquor Tax Revenue?
My recent review of alcohol sales and government liquor tax revenue reveals some interesting points which may have implications for future liquor tax policy across Canada and elsewhere. Canada’s provincial governments have relied upon liquor revenue to contribute to their general operations since Pr … Read more »
- BC Liquor System In Crisis – Time for Major Reform
BC Liquor Store Strike Notice British Columbia’s government controlled liquor distribution system (BCLDB) is now in crisis mode due to a strike by the BCGEU which has now shut down all of the government liquor distribution warehouses and a significant number of high volume government retail stores. … Read more »
- Provinces Announce Glacial Action to Address National DTC Crisis
I have sometimes told a joke when I am speaking at wine and liquor law events: “there are two speeds for liquor policy change in Canada – glacial and backwards”. Sadly, the current political situation regarding the internal trade barriers for alcohol sales is proving that our provincial politicians … Read more »
- Liquor Markups are the Shackles that are Impeding Canadian Wine Businesses
We are now well past Canada Day, the date that the federal government had previously promised to remove our internal trade barriers regarding wine shipped and sold between provinces. We have no actual substantive progress to date – merely some vague announcements and promises to negotiate. It appear … Read more »