Finance committee  Yes, I am absolutely happy to share that with the committee after today's meeting. We did a pretty deep dive to make sure this wasn't going to be too costly for the federal government. It's based on the previous year's sales, but I'm happy to share that for you guys to look at, f

Finance committee  We estimated that in fiscal year 2019 the federal government collected around $700 million in federal excise on beer. Had our proposed federal excise duty structure been in place, it would have resulted in roughly $4 million less of that $700 million being collected. Our view wo

Finance committee  Okay.

Finance committee  Absolutely. I'm happy to touch on that. From an industry perspective, we always like to say that beer has a lot of positive attributes. It's a product that is made from raw agricultural inputs. Canadian brewers purchase over 300,000 tonnes of prairie malt barley every year. We'

Finance committee  Yes. There's that one and there are many others as well. You'll find that they contain a lot fewer calories. They're a good alternative for people after a hockey game or some other time when they don't want to drink alcohol. We're starting to see the flavour improving as well, as

Finance committee  Our last count was in 2018. About 15,000 Canadians are employed by breweries. Those 15,000 Canadians earn a total of $1 billion in salaries and wages. These are good middle-class types of jobs.

Finance committee  Yes. There are a lot more indirect jobs, around 149,000.

Finance committee  You're all welcome to be part of it. Actually, we have a meeting coming up in the next couple of months, and there will be beer there as well, so it's something to put on the calendar. I could have brought some here if you guys had given me the heads-up.

Finance committee  Absolutely. We get this question quite often. There's been a huge growth in the number of breweries operating in Canada right now. It's essentially gone from 240 breweries 10 years ago to around a thousand now. There seems to be this misconception that the industry must be doin

Finance committee  Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman, honourable members of the committee, thank you for the invitation to appear before you today. My name is Luke Chapman and I am here representing Beer Canada. For those of you who are not familiar with it, we are a national trade association