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Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Alberta, Saskatchewan to resume buying US alcohol
Canada's Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces have started allowing the sale of US alcohol again. In March, Canadian provinces started removing US products from liquor store shelves in the midst of an ongoing tariff spat with the country. In a statement sent to Just Drinks yesterday (12 June), Dave Nally, Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction, confirmed Alberta had removed restrictions on US alcohol purchases. "The decision sets the stage for more constructive negotiations ahead of a Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement renewal, potentially leading to increased trade opportunities and economic growth for Alberta," he said. A spokesperson for Minister Nally's office also confirmed Saskatchewan's resumption of US alcohol purchases. Just Drinks has contacted the Saskatchewan province to confirm the news. Minister Nally said Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney was making "a clear effort to reset the relationship with the US administration, and Alberta's government supports this approach". He added: "Alberta has always supported a proportionate response to US tariffs and recognises that any tariffs imposed have a negative impact on consumers, business, and industry. "However, Alberta's fully private liquor model distinguishes it from other provinces, resulting in different applications and outcomes from trade measures. Further, the US has also refrained from restricting the import of Canadian products." While both provinces have resumed purchases, Canada still has a 25% tariff in place on US alcohol imports. According to Canada's The Globe and Mail, Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters at a conference Monday (9 June) that the province would not be buying US alcohol until US President Donald Trump pulled tariffs on Canadian goods. At the same event, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston also reportedly said: 'We're not putting the U.S. booze on the shelves in Nova Scotia.' Navigate the shifting tariff landscape with real-time data and market-leading analysis. . "Alberta, Saskatchewan to resume buying US alcohol" was originally created and published by Just Drinks, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Calgary Herald
07-06-2025
- Business
- Calgary Herald
Alberta gives U.S. liquor imports thumbs-up
Stores in Alberta can now sell newer American liquor products after a provincial agency ended a three-month pause ignited by a tariff dispute between Canada and the U.S. Article content The directive came from the province as Canada shifts its approach from retaliating to negotiating with its southern neighbour on economic policies. Article content Article content Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction Dale Nally, in a statement on Friday night, said the government's decision heralds a 'renewed commitment to open and fair trade with our largest partner.' Article content Article content 'The decision sets the stage for more constructive negotiations ahead of a Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement renewal, potentially leading to increased trade opportunities and economic growth for Alberta,' Nally added. Article content Article content The decision concerns liquor products registered with the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis agency (AGLC) and declared to the Canada Border Services Agency. A 25 per cent surtax will continue to be levied on those items shipped from the U.S. after March 4 and will be collected by the provincial agency. Article content Article content Ravinder Singh, a manager at ACE Liquor Discounters Edmonton Trail, said the decision likely won't affect the store's sales, as the shop's inventory still holds enough stock of older American products. Article content The move to ban the sale of American liquor was made in early March amid escalating trade tensions. Article content Article content 'If the Americans aren't going to buy products from our Canadian companies, we have to,' Premier Danielle Smith said at the time. Article content 'That means we should be buying more Canadian beer, more Canadian spirits and more Canadian wine. And so that's the reality of what we're facing.' Article content The ban was lifted March 18, but the sales were confined to AGLC's central locations. Article content Singh said the demand for American products dropped after March owing to a wave of patriotism across the country. Whereas the store sold them daily, the products are now being bought twice or thrice a week, even three months after the pause.
CBC
26-02-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Alberta-British Columbia boundary changes would be easier under proposed bill
Social Sharing Just when you think a provincial boundary is set in stone, the geological whims of the Rocky Mountains have other ideas. Laws dating as far back as 1866 say the mountainous portion of the Alberta-British Columbia boundary is determined by how the water flows — eastward into Alberta, or westward into B.C. Erosion, landslides and other natural processes nudge the provincial dividing line all the time. But changing the description of the border on paper is a slog, with even a slight tweak necessitating a referendum in Alberta. Now, the Alberta government is trying to do away with that requirement, proposing a bill in the legislature Wednesday that would eliminate the need for a boundary change referendum. "Obviously, we're not talking about a significant carving up of the border," Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction Minister Dale Nally said at a news conference in Edmonton. "That still would fall under the Constitution, and a referendum will be required." Nally's ministry is tasked with axing or simplifying laws and regulations that put bureaucratic hurdles in the way of people accomplishing what should be straightforward paperwork. The bill would allow the provinces to draw a straight-line "conventional" border in small areas where the landscape is in flux, but a business wants clarity about which province they're operating in. Nally gave the example of a ski hill, where owners need to know which provincial regulations to follow. Banff's Sunshine Village ski resort, for instance, has the Great Divide chairlift, which chugs skiers across the provincial boundary twice on their way up the mountain. Nally said the change would help with survey work that's currently underway on the boundary. According to the Land Title and Survey Authority of B.C. website, the question of the boundary's location a century ago was murky enough for coal companies and foresters that the federal government and provinces agreed to establish a provincial boundary commission in 1913. The federal government has updated the statute a few times, but a 1974 law, now in effect, says a representative from B.C., Alberta and the federal government now comprise the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission. The commission is in charge of record-keeping, settling disputes about the boundary, maintaining and restoring monuments marking the boundary, and surveying the provincial line for changes. In a technical briefing with reporters, Alberta officials said surveying work done on the boundary in 1979 and 1980 resulted in a new set of boundary markers plotting the line, but legal changes making the border move official were never done. Alberta officials said they couldn't think of a time when any change to the B.C.-Alberta border had been legalized. Proposed changes to tracking child and youth deaths Bill 38, the Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, also proposes to change the mandate of the province's Office of the Child and Youth Advocate. Nally said the bill would reduce the amount of reporting required of the advocate when young adults previously in government care die or are gravely injured. The changes would also compel the advocate to report to legislators less frequently. Nally characterized the changes as streamlining the advocate's work so she can focus on making recommendations to improve services for vulnerable children and youth. He said the children's services ministry consulted with the advocate about the proposed changes, but Nally wasn't involved in those consultations, and couldn't say if the advocate asked for the amendments or supported them. Nally referred questions to Children's Services Minister Searle Turton, who won't be available to reporters until later Wednesday afternoon. A spokesperson for the advocate's office said she was away on Wednesday. New communication for tenants Among the seven pieces of legislation that would be modified by Bill 38 is the Residential Tenancies Act. A proposed modernization would allow landlords to use electronic means, such as email, to serve tenants with documents about rent increases and eviction notices. Nally said landlords should still attempt to communicate this information with tenants on paper, either in person or posted inside buildings. The law allows landlords to try other methods — like faxing — when they can't locate the tenants. Nally says the amendment proposes to future-proof the law by allowing communication by electronic methods that have a time and date stamp of delivery and allow the sender to know when the recipient has read the message.
