On the specific mention on direct shipping, what we were referring to there is that 18 months ago the Government of B.C. allowed spirits manufacturers licensed and located in B.C. to ship directly to over 600 private liquor stores and to over 1,000 licensed bars and restaurants and to exempt all those sales from any markup whatsoever. A spirits manufacturer located across the border in Alberta or a couple of borders away in Ontario or Quebec is not allowed to ship directly to any private retailer in B.C. and certainly gets no break on the markup or commodity tax.
On February 19th, 2015. See this statement in context.