petitions.ourcommons.ca\/en\/Petition\/Details?Petition=e-7258<\/a>.<\/p>\nAs of March 18, the petition had received 96 signatures, including 62 from B.C., 14 from Ontario and eight from Alberta.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis issue has been years in the making,\u201d said Kubek. \u201cDan Albas and I first worked on this effort back in 2020 and 2021 when we launched a national petition to remove interprovincial barriers to shipping Canadian wine. Unfortunately, that initiative died when a snap federal election was called.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kubek added that the new legislation reflects months of work with Albas and the Conservatives.<\/p>\n
\u201cDan has consistently stood up for Canadian producers and consumers on this issue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The bill would establish a trusted-carrier framework. This allows Canadians to receive Canadian wine, craft beer and spirits interprovincially, while maintaining age verification and secure delivery standards.<\/p>\n
Albas has said the barrier to interprovincial alcohol trade has long hindered the Canadian beverage industry. He said under the existing regulations, it is easier to ship wine internationally than between provinces in Canada.<\/p>\n
These restrictions also hamper beverage producers, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere in the Okanagan, we are fortunate to produce some of the world\u2019s best wines, along with award winning spirits and craft beers,\u201d Albas said. \u201cThis sector has become an important part of our local economy, supporting agriculture, tourism, and many related industries that benefit from significant private investment in our region.\u201d<\/p>\n
British Columbia already allows for wines from other parts of Canada, but Ontario and Quebec are not part of these agreements, Albas said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCanadians should be able to buy Canadian,\u201d Kubek said.<\/p>\n
\u201cInstead we have a patchwork of provincial barriers that prevent consumers from supporting wineries, breweries and distilleries in other provinces.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Okanagan-based petition supports interprovincial wine trade bill Published 5:11 pm Wednesday, March 18, 2026 A national petition supporting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":{"0":"post-545750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-surrey","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-surrey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545750","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=545750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}