Dan touched on excise tax with regard to small wineries that use Canadian grapes, craft breweries, and the impact that has had on the industry. This might involve some speculation, because it's outside your industry, but we had a private member's bill recently in the House that was asking to reduce the excise tax on craft distilleries by cutting it in half to give the same boost. I argued in the House to eliminate it for small craft distilleries that were using Canadian products to make their alcohol and make their sprits. Unfortunately, the government side of the House voted it down for mysterious reasons. I wondered if you could speculate, based on the wine industry's history, what the impact on the craft distillery industry might be if we had an initiative like that to eliminate the excise tax on small craft distilleries.
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