Does it make sense to waste millions of dollars by letting all kinds of U.S. alcohol expire just to make a political point?
Apparently, Canada’s politicians think so.
According to a report from CBC News, Ontario taxpayers have spent $8 million for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) to store U.S. alcohol since Premier Doug Ford ordered it to be taken off of Ontario shelves 16 months ago. Over those 16 months, roughly $2.6 million worth of alcohol has expired.
And those are just numbers from Ontario.
As part of Canada’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariff agenda, imposed after his inauguration early last year, eight of Canada’s provincial governments took U.S. alcohol off of liquor store shelves, supposedly as one part of Canada’s plan to retaliate against the administration’s policies.
Only Alberta and Saskatchewan opted not to jump on the bandwagon.
That means in eight different provinces, taxpayers are on the hook for storing pre-bought U.S. alcohol. It also means that American booze are expiring in warehouses across Canada.
