Which provinces are pulling U.S. alcohol off shelves over Trump’s tariffs?

As Canada hits back against U.S. President Donald Trump‘s tariffs with counter-tariffs worthy $155 billion, American liquor and vino whitethorn beryllium 1 of the archetypal things to vanish from shelves.

In the hours aft Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s address to the federation announcing Canada’s effect to the tariffs, which spell into effect astatine 12:01 americium Eastern connected Tuesday, Feb. 4, provincial premiers were speedy to marque directives of their own.

Many targeted American liquor — with the premiers of Ontario, B.C. and Nova Scotia announcing plans to propulsion most, if not all, products from the U.S. successful the coming days.

Below are the responses from provincial liquor boards that we cognize of truthful far.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he’s told the LCBO to propulsion U.S. booze from its shelves, starting Tuesday.

“Every year, LCBO sells astir $1 cardinal worthy of American wine, beer, spirits and seltzers. Not anymore,” Ford said successful a statement.

“Starting Tuesday, we’re removing American products from LCBO shelves. As the lone wholesaler of intoxicant successful the province, LCBO volition besides region American products from its catalogue truthful different Ontario-based restaurants and retailers can’t bid oregon restock U.S. products.

“There’s ne'er been a amended clip to take an astonishing Ontario-made oregon Canadian-made product. As always, delight portion responsibly.”

An LCBO spokesperson confirmed the move, saying the committee would “indefinitely halt each income of U.S. intoxicant products successful our stores and online and to halt wholesale income of U.S. products to restaurants, bars, grocery, and different retailers, nary aboriginal than February 2, 2025.”

B.C. Premier David Eby announced connected Saturday that helium had directed the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch to instantly halt purchasing American liquor from Republican-led “red states” and region the top-selling brands from nationalist liquor store shelves.

The LDB expanded connected this program successful effect to questions from Global News, saying that effectual immediately, it has halted the “generation of import acquisition orders of U.S.-made liquor products manufactured successful Republican states” and is besides taking the pursuing actions:

• On-hand inventory of the apical 5 selling brands, specifically those manufactured successful U.S. states governed by Republican leadership, volition beryllium enactment connected clasp and unavailable for ordering by wholesale and hospitality customers. This includes products nether the brands of Jack Daniels, Bacardi Rum, Tito’s Vodka, Jim Beam, and Bulleit Bourbon.
• BCLIQUOR stores volition besides instantly halt income of, and region from store shelves, impacted products of these apical 5 selling brands.
• On-hand inventory of each different U.S.-made liquor products from states governed by Republican enactment volition proceed to beryllium made disposable to wholesale, hospitality and retail customers until inventory is depleted.

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U.S.-made liquor products from states not governed by Republican enactment volition beryllium unaffected by this determination and volition proceed to beryllium imported and sold by the LDB.

No retaliatory measures connected intoxicant person been announced yet.

An SAQ spokeswoman said: “We bash not person immoderate directive from the Quebec authorities to this effect yet.”

However, connected Saturday evening, Quebec Premier Francois Legault indicated immoderate goods from the U.S. would beryllium tariffed, but it is not wide what those goods would be.

“Starting Tuesday, we volition instrumentality 25 per cent counter-tariffs connected a database of products imported from the United States. We person been cautious to take products wherever determination are replacements to person the slightest imaginable interaction connected our consumers,” Legault said.

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation volition region each intoxicant from the U.S. from shelves effectual Feb. 4, 2025.

In effect to questions from Global News, the NSLC confirmed the move, saying: “Following the Province’s announcement connected Saturday, February 1, the NSLC volition halt selling each products imported straight from the United States effectual Tuesday, February 4, 2025.”