Province hopes to regain lost sales as Alberta seeks fair share fees
After the governments of B.C. and Alberta announced they agreed to allow wineries to sell directly to customers in each other's provinces this week, South Okanagan wineries are wondering what costs will be slapped onto shipping.
All direct wine shipments to Alberta were stopped earlier this year while the two provinces battled over tax issues. “Wine lovers in Alberta, if they're not getting BC wine, they're getting it from Spain, Italy, France, Australia, etc, and they're not supporting the Canadian economy, right? So I think that's the biggest thing. And a lot of people as a hangover from the pandemic — want to keep money in Canada and support Canadian products and Canadian businesses. So it makes it a lot easier for us to do that with our Alberta neighbours,” she said.
“In Canada, it seems that people are okay with taxing the crap out of other Canadians. And I challenge Premier Ford and I challenge Premier Legault, let's open up Canada, not only just to wine.”
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