Finance committee  Thank you very much. This will be an amendment to the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act. It would remove the federal requirement that alcohol moving interprovincially be sold or consigned to a provincial liquor authority. Provinces and territories would still have the auth

Finance committee  You are correct. The provinces derive their power through the Constitution. We learned that in the Comeau case last year, and there was a prior Supreme Court case as well.

Finance committee  It's not incorrect; it's up to the provinces. Currently, there are three provinces that allow it to some degree. It's really the provinces that control it.

Finance committee  That's correct. What it does, though, is send the message that the federal government is encouraging interprovincial trade, certainly in the area of alcohol.