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The Prime Minister of Ontario, Doug Ford, speaks during a campaign stop at Walker Construction in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on January 31, 2025.
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Ontario will bring all the American alcohol on its liquor shelves administered by the Government as of Tuesday in response to the president of the United States Donald Trump’s 25% of tariffs on Canadian imports.
The points of sale of the Ontario Liquor Control Board also take out the products of us from their catalog so that other retailers cannot order or replenish those items, according to a Sunday statement by Prime Minister Doug Ford.
“Each year, Lcbo sells almost $ 1 billion in American wine, beer, liquors and seftzers. No longer,” Ford said. “There has never been a better time to choose an incredible product made by Ontario or Canadian.”
Ford’s announcement occurred only a few hours after the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Retalia features slapped 25% against $ 155 billion of American goods.
LCBO is one of the largest wholesalers of alcohol, selling More than 1,100 million liters of alcohol products in Ontario in 2023. according to the Observatory of Economic ComplexityCanada imports mainly strong liquor from the United States with an estimated $ 320 million in sales. The second main export destination of the United States for liquor as of October 2024 is Canada, with a commercial value of $ 25.9 million, according to the OEC.
In a statement provided to CNBC, the LCBO said it will stop all sales of American alcohol products online and in stores “indefinitely”, and added that it is the “registration importer” for all American alcohol in Ontario. LCBO currently lists more than 3,600 products from 35 US states., Added the statement.
The measure follows other retaliation ads of other Canadian ministers similar to tariffs, including New Scotland Prime Minister Tim Houston, leader The New Scotland Liquor Corporation to eliminate all the American alcohol from its shelves on Tuesday and British Columbia Prime Minister David Eby leader The BC liquor distribution branch to “stop buying the American liquor of” red states “and eliminating the best -selling” red state “brands from the shelves.”
