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Finance committee That is the issue at hand. If people do that, basically they would bypass the liquor store owners, who would lose the sales and therefore would lose the profit margin. A lot of the stores we represent are mom-and-pop shops, where their margins are quite small. Therefore, if I as
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Ivonne Martinez
Finance committee That happens right now.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Ivonne Martinez
Finance committee Just to clarify, the wine, as stated in Bill C-311, is for personal use only—
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Ivonne Martinez
Finance committee If you go through a store, it would be commercial use, so therefore it would be illegal.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Ivonne Martinez
Finance committee That's right, and that's already happening in Alberta, so therefore Bill C-311 is not—
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Ivonne Martinez
Finance committee Absolutely: underage drinking.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Ivonne Martinez
Finance committee For rye or vodka?
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Ivonne Martinez
Finance committee I'm sorry. On the trade issue?
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Ivonne Martinez
Finance committee Again, I'm not aware of any issue. In the 1980s case, Canada actually lost the EU case, and we feel this would add to it and possibly cause other challenges to come forward.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Ivonne Martinez
Finance committee I don't believe there are.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Ivonne Martinez
Finance committee Thank you very much. I'm here from Alberta, which apparently is the only province that has a system that is different from the rest of Canada. With that in mind, I'll let you know that the Alberta Liquor Store Association, or ALSA for short, represents 1,200 private liquor retai
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Ivonne Martinez