Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that the LCBO will stop stocking and selling US liquor products, both online and in stores, starting Tuesday. This move comes as retaliation to US tariffs imposed on Canadian goods. The LCBO sells nearly $1 billion worth of American alcohol annually. Ford stated that this measure is part of Ontario's strategy to respond to the US tariffs.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that the LCBO will stop stocking U.S. brands on shelves and will remove them from catalogues as of Tuesday.
The LCBO adds it sells up to $965 million worth of American alcohol, with more than 3,600 U.S. products available. “There are plenty alternative products including our own Ontario wines and spirits. We need to stay united,” Tony Elenis said in a statement to CTV News Toronto. “Some spirits are recognized as ‘distinctive products’ by the U.S. and Canada, and can only be made in their designated countries such as Bourbon and Tennessee Whiskey in the U.S., and Canadian Whiskey in Canada,” Swonger told CTV News Toronto in a statement. “As a result, the production of these products cannot simply be moved to another country or region.”On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump imposed across-the-board tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China.
“If President Trump wants to usher in a new golden age for the United States, the better path is to partner with Canada, not to punish us,” Trudeau said. The premier, who’s also running as PC leader in the middle of a provincial election campaign, has previously threatened tothe province currently supplies for three U.S. states—Michigan, New York and Wisconsin—as a retaliatory measure to these tariffs.
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