Thank you very much for the question.
Beer Canada did have the opportunity to meet with Mr. Cannings to talk about the excise treatment of non-alcoholic beer. In Canada, it's an obscure situation that kind of caught us by surprise. Beer, compared to wine and spirits, does pay excise, while those other categories are exempted from any excise at all.
I will say that while the COVID-19 pandemic was a challenging time for beer sales, there was some promise in non-alcoholic beer sales. We did see some substantial growth in that segment of the category over the last two years.
There are brewers that are making substantial investments in that space of the market, and we were pleased to see Mr. Cannings, and I believe yourself, raise the profile of that issue and for the government to take a look at that and include it in this year's budget. That's a good-news story for the beer industry, and I think it will send a positive signal to the brewers across Canada to look to invest in that space of the market moving forward.