Alcohol importers secretly Alberta stock hostage

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Jon Watson has about 16,000 wine sitting in an Alberta warehouse.

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This wine cannot sell about $ 5 million because it is caught in the middle of the growing trade war between Canada and the United States.

“I can’t sell it to anyone. I can’t send it to a supplier. I can’t transfer it to another province,” he said Watson.

In response to the tariffs for the US President Donald Trump’s Canadian goods, Alberta restricted the sale of American alcohol across the country with other provinces. In Ontario, the government’s drink products took the American alcohol from the shelves. In British Columbia, the NDP government first received alcohol from republics only on the shelves, but even if the province’s personal beverage stores still sell the American alcohol, he preferred to draw completely American alcohol.

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Alberta has not disclosed the sale of American beverage products, Danielle Smith announced that the United Kingdom is a combination of retail or sale, such as bar, restaurant and beverage stores.

It sometimes stayed in an Alberta, the game, game, drink and mystery (AGLC) warehouse, in a Alberta, the game, drink and mystery (AGLC) after increasing the weeks of the provincial weeks, or years.

Import screws and Ruhnaki Association, a trading group defending for alcohol importers in Western Canada, wrote to Smith’s office last week, 19 percent of 19 percent of the national post was sold from the United States for 10 percent in the region.

“Alberta agents are currently selling between $ 13 million and 40 million dollars,” He wrote the Association. “This is not just a policy – an economic ambulance that affects Alberta institutions and tax revenues.”

Unlike other Canadian provinces, Alberta has a full-specific beverage market. When the import is brought to the province, it is purchased by special import agents. Compared to the Ontario, Ontario Beverage Management Council is the buyer and received payment for import agents services. In Alberta, alberta, then stored in the AGLC warehouse, and then imported to retailers by AGLC, then transmitted it along a cargo fee.

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BC has a similar system. Alberta Alcohol Foundation will be retail, in retail, BC. Personal beverage stores, restaurants and bars can still get existing American imports to store their shelves.

You can prohibit the import, but we buy us with what we have, create cash

Robert Chalifoux, which operates in the Drink Inc., said the national post of 86 alcohol. This is less than normal – when trading tensions were reduced, and was not sure that American suppliers could not sell the product in Canada.

“I saw that. Everyone will do that,” said Chalifoux.

Mark grinding grinding, with crushing import, first of all import wine from the United States. In Stoppage, the cost of $ 200,000 was tied – wages and suppliers are enough to worry about paying.

“It’s hard to do it,” said Kissira.

Since the United States is so close, importers can buy a product within a few weeks. To look at other markets, it maybe, importers will look six months or longer to get stocks.

“Our ability to create more money flow than other markets, this is a longer term,” said Kissira. “This is a cash-intensive … industry that trusts the inventory and burning the burning.”

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When they could not do anything with complex issues, Watson, importer storage fees, the product of the owner. Most imported people have been working with very few working capital. They can borrow from banks to finance the supplier’s inventory or trade loan, then pay the money back within a few months after selling inventory.

However, this supply is paid, but locked, and there is no money in the hands to pay for everyone who is obliged to sell alcohol.

“Thus, most agents may not really live more than two or two people, without taking a number of serious financial maneuvers that will indeed a number of serious financial maneuvers that will close their work for more than a while. “It is evil for most of these agents.”

Watson, Renaissance Wine merchants, said that there is a bigger player in the province and the other three Western provinces – said they could last three months before starting the costs.

“Little kids probably can’t do anything to do or do something to put people on an operating line or to do something to live or live,” he said.

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The Liquor-Import industry, some relief from the Government of Alberta is looking for some answers.

“I am patriotic, so I feel like a right call, and I am ready to suffer from my part … To do our best to do our best to do our best to do our best.

Again, he would like to see the storage fees.

Saying that 22 years ago, Kissira said he started his work with an American winery, said that they are friends in the industry on both sides of the border.

“I understand the feeling behind it. You know, it hurts, really farmers,” said Kushira.

The Trade Association asked the government to be allowed to sell existing inventory and to be allowed to receive more and transit supply in the United States. Or, Alberta Government can receive inventory to improve the flow of money for import facilities.

The association has also launched a financial fund for the Legal Foundation to combat the rules of Alberta.

“Clearly, it would ideally decide what they want to buy and buy the market. Thus, just tariff the new product and buy it at a higher price.” Dhatson.

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However, if he considered the policy in the play, Watson figures would be more “pragmatic” survey, the sale of the product in Alberta.

“You can ban imports, but we sell us in this cash, let’s form this in cash. Let’s close our debts and start this until it will be,” Watson said.

“They need to release the goods for sale,” he said.

However, Alberta shows that the government is ready to change the rules.

“This situation is developing rapidly and develops are developing daily. We will share more information as they get additional information,” said Brandon Aboultaif, Dale Nalle, Service Minister Alberta and Red Ribbon Reduction Minister

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