Did you know that due to a national law created in 1928 during the time of prohibition that in Canada it is against the law to transport wine across provinicial boarders.
This law has actually been deemed to be unconstitutional by certain lawyers that tell us in law we are allowed to legalyl transport goods across the provinces if they are made in Canada.
So if you are out west and would like to bring home a couple of bottles of Red Rooster to Toronto you could theoretically be put in jail.
Red Rooster apparently produces Canada’s finest bottle of red at about $25.95 per bottle. In fact this bottle of Chardonay won an award in France in 2009 and is considered to be one of the Ten best Chardonay’s in the World. Yet we can’t drink it here in Ontario. They actually won 4 awards for four varieties of their wine in the same competition.
Here’s a link by the way for the wines of Nova Scotia. There are some renowned producers of wine in Nova. Wines of Nova Scotia
Now that is a monopoly for the LCBO.
I have often wondered why I can buy wine from Argentina and Austalia yet never see any of B.C.’s or Nova Scotia’s wine on the shelves in our liquor stores.
Since the LCBO has had a monopoly and guaranteed job since 1928 and apparently loves to rat out those who may break the law by shipping cases out to consumers across the country it is unlikely that this law will be struck down soon.
That annoys me. We should be able to support our Canadian producers especially small wineries who often struggle to survive.
With the population of Canada being so small roughly 30,000,000 people our provincial businesses should all be allowed to be national businesses.
As far as I know only wine is affected by this monopoly.