{"id":301427,"date":"2025-11-23T09:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T09:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/301427\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T09:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T09:31:14","slug":"b-c-producers-frustrated-after-alcohol-excluded-from-interprovincial-trade-deal-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/301427\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. producers frustrated after alcohol excluded from interprovincial trade deal &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Producers in B.C.\u2019s food and beverage sector say they are frustrated that <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/alcohol\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">alcohol<\/a> was excluded from a new national agreement aimed at reducing <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/interprovincial-trade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">interprovincial trade<\/a> barriers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763808739_201_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Mutual Recognition Agreement <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11533661\/bc-led-agreement-removes-interprovincial-trade-barriers-not-food-alcohol\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was signed this week<\/a> by governments across the country, allowing goods approved in one province be sold in another starting in December.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement will apply to the sale of thousands of products ranging from manufacturing inputs and health technologies to clothing, toys, industrial products, tires and vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Alcohol, however, was excluded and is being dealt with separately through a memorandum of understanding among provinces.<\/p>\n<p>James Donaldson, CEO of B.C. Food and Beverage, told Global News the alcohol file has been stalled for years despite repeated advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763808740_130_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been talked about for a really long time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Donaldson said many beverage producers expected the change sooner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe certainly have a lot of members in the wine space who are obviously still frustrated because they think this should have happened by now,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a little frustrating it hasn\u2019t happened already.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donaldson pointed to taxation as one of the key points holding up freer trade in alcohol. \u201cAnd the province is kind of understanding how to, sort of, distribute the taxes equitably,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'B.C. producers frustrated over new provincial trade deal exclusion'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wam_interview.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t5:33<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tB.C. producers frustrated over new provincial trade deal exclusion\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11537980\/first-in-canada-program-mothers-addiction-treatment-without-leaving-children\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/addiction.png\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tFirst in Canada program lets mothers undergo addiction treatment without leaving children\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/the-curator\/11531454\/best-tech-gifts-2025\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Frame-316-2.png\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tBest tech gifts for gadget lovers who have everything\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Economist Ryan Manucha with the C.D. Howe Institute told Global News alcohol was excluded from the Canadian Mutual Recognition Agreement because it remains financially significant for provinces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot surprising, alcohol is a huge moneymaker for provinces,\u201d he said. He added provinces are developing a plan for direct-to-consumer shipping: \u201cBy May 2-4 we should be able to order wine and beer and alcohol from wherever we want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Both say this week\u2019s deal marks progress but leaves key barriers in place for wineries, distillers and other producers seeking wider domestic access.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Money<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Producers in B.C.\u2019s food and beverage sector say they are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3374,135380,49,48,46,88065,44],"class_list":["post-301427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-alcohol","tag-bc-food-and-beverage","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-economy","tag-interprovincial-trade","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}