Jeff Guignard, executive director of the Alliance of Beverage Licensees in B.C., echoed Lamb’s concerns.
“Industry is losing some of our high-end consumers who purchase $100 bottles of wine or $1,000 bottles of scotch,” Guignard said.“That not only means we’re losing business at the exact same time we’re trying to recover from the pandemic, it also means the B.C. government is losing out on tax revenue that it needs to fund its priorities here, so this is a serious problem and it’s gotten worse the last couple of years.
They can, however, bring unlimited quantities of liquor, wine and beer into B.C. after travelling to Alberta in-person, as long as the booze comes back with them. “Alberta liquor stores are not permitted to deliver liquor products to locations outside of Alberta, as per Section 4.11.1 a of the AGLC’s Retail Liquor Store Handbook,” the BCLDB wrote in a Tuesday statement.