"Signed on Wednesday by the provinces, territories and federal government, the agreement promises to remove restrictions on the free movement of some goods across Canada. However, food and alcohol were conspicuously left off the list the latter industry having long advocated for the removal of the barriers, well before U.S. tariffs spurred a national campaign to make free trade between the provinces easier."
"I am hugely disappointed, said Adin Wener, managing partner of Henderson Brewing Company, a brewery, taproom and bottle shop in Toronto. "We should be one country, especially in the face of tariffs." "I have lots of friends who have breweries that are no longer shipping to the States and we were really looking forward to other markets to ship to," he added."
Provinces, territories and the federal government signed an agreement to remove restrictions on the free movement of some goods across Canada, but food and alcohol were excluded. The alcohol industry long advocated removal of interprovincial barriers to access new markets, especially after U.S. tariffs impacted exports. Producers face declining consumption among young people, higher input costs, and increased aluminum prices, compounding the impact of trade restrictions. Interprovincial barriers create extra shipping costs, divergent packaging requirements and different pricing structures, complicating cross-province sales. Some provinces plan to simplify direct-to-consumer alcohol sales by next spring, but industry impatience and skepticism persist.
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