A couple of years ago, we instigated what we called Raise the Bar, a report card on the various provincial jurisdictions in the area of alcohol and spirits. This is a perfect example of interprovincial non-tariff barriers.
As a client, we are a big client, right? We buy a lot of alcohol and spirits, but we and our members, especially the bigger players, are confronted with having to deal with these 10 separate jurisdictions that impose their ways of selling alcohol and spirits. It's not the liberalized environment that we would like to see.
Again, I'll take the example of Quebec, because I'm responsible for that province. What you have in Quebec is a monopoly, where even though you're the biggest client, you have no say in the negotiation of the prices. It took a long time to get certain concessions from the SAQ, but still we're not in an equal partnership or business relationship. It is a very skewed kind of relationship.
I'll conclude by saying that in terms of the case now before the courts—it has been appealed—of the New Brunswick chap who went to Quebec and bought beer, we're obviously following that with a lot of interest.