No more personal limits on out-of-province liquor
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BRITISH COLUMBIA— British Columbians visiting other provinces and territories are now able to bring home liquor products for personal consumption without any restrictions or limits.
There were previously limits on the amount of liquor British Columbians could physically bring back from other provinces for their own consumption. Residents were limited to bringing in no more than three litres of spirits, nine litres of wine and 25.6 litres of beer, cider and coolers. However, there was no limit on wine purchased from a Canadian winery and made from 100% Canadian product.
There were also similar restrictions from other provinces on B.C. products, creating trade barriers.
“For too long, British Columbians faced restrictions when bringing wine, beer and spirits from other provinces back to B.C. Our government has taken action to fix this,” Minister of Jobs, Trade and Technology Bruce Ralston says. “This policy is consistent with the direction from the Council of Federation meeting in Saskatoon last week, where Canada’s premiers committed to reduce limits on transporting alcohol across our borders.”
