You have two minutes.
Evidence of meeting #50 for Finance in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was wines.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #50 for Finance in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was wines.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Conservative
Brian Jean Conservative Fort McMurray—Athabasca, AB
Excellent.
I'm a free market guy. I'm a business person. Why are we not doing this for Crown Royal? Why are we not doing this for whisky, for beer? Why are we not doing this across the country?
Can anybody here, any of the witnesses in front of us, tell us why we're not doing that for all of those other intoxicating substances that Canadians love right across the country, such as maple syrup whisky from Quebec?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
There's about a minute left. Is there someone who'd like to respond to that?
Go ahead, Mr. Dunning.
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Executive Director, Canadian Association of Liquor Jurisdictions
I'm not quite sure what the question is.
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Conservative
Brian Jean Conservative Fort McMurray—Athabasca, AB
Why are we not doing the same thing for other intoxicating liquors?
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Executive Director, Canadian Association of Liquor Jurisdictions
Doing what?
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Conservative
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Voices
Oh, oh!
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A voice
Let my liquor go.
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Executive Director, Canadian Association of Liquor Jurisdictions
Add it to the bill. I mean—
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Executive Director, Canadian Association of Liquor Jurisdictions
—the distillers and the brewers, I'm sure—
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Executive Director, Canadian Association of Liquor Jurisdictions
—are watching these debates. If somehow, out of the bill being passed and whatever happens in the provinces, the market opens up for wine, I'm sure you'll be hearing from Spirits Canada and the brewers of Canada very, very quickly.
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Conservative
Brian Jean Conservative Fort McMurray—Athabasca, AB
In the last two seconds, is there a negative implication that you can see from doing that?
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President, Alberta Liquor Store Association
Absolutely: underage drinking.
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Conservative
Brian Jean Conservative Fort McMurray—Athabasca, AB
Well, I think we have that order in already. We've already heard some testimony that this is not really an issue, and I can't see it being so, either.
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Executive Director, Canadian Association of Liquor Jurisdictions
Perhaps I can just conclude on it, Mr. Chair.
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Executive Director, Canadian Association of Liquor Jurisdictions
You can go to any liquor store in Ontario and order any product—spirit, wine, or beer—from any place in Canada. It's available. As I said, we had—
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Conservative
Brian Jean Conservative Fort McMurray—Athabasca, AB
But you can't order it directly from the source in—
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Executive Director, Canadian Association of Liquor Jurisdictions
No. That would be a direct sale.