Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Wine lovers may get to BYOB out of province | The Chronicle Herald
Wine lovers may get to BYOB out of province The Chronicle Herald
OTTAWA — Wine lovers can rejoice that they may soon be able to leave the province with their drink of choice. Beer lovers, not so much.
Thanks to a federal law still on the books from 1928, it is illegal to ship liquor to another province or even take it with you as you cross a provincial border.
Crafted in the rum-runner era, the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act was designed to control the flow of alcohol by barring its passage between provinces unless it was through government-sanctioned channels
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