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B.C. Winery Shipping to Ontario Consumers Despite Trade Barriers
Lightning Rock Winery challenges trade barriers by shipping directly to Ontario consumers, highlighting constitutional rights and calls for interprovincial fairness by local officials.
- A Summerland winery has begun shipping wines directly to Ontario consumers, with Ron Kubek, owner of Lightning Rock Winery, invoking free interprovincial trade despite legal barriers.
- Frustration grew because Kubek said Ontario and Quebec wineries ship to British Columbia, yet British Columbia wineries face barriers, unlike his tariff-free sales to the United States.
- Kubek sought advice from Dan Albas, Member of Parliament for Okanagan—Lake West—South Kelowna, and a wine lawyer after the Memorandum of Understanding between Ontario and British Columbia; he cited the Canadian constitution and 2019 agreement as legal grounds.
- Kubek argues reciprocity would foster fairness as Ontario wineries have shipped into B.C. for years, and he criticized the federal government for postponing talks to 2026.
- The Ontario–B.C. Memorandum of Understanding and Kubek's use of the Canadian constitution and 2019 agreement highlight efforts toward regulatory change amid his tariff-free U.S. shipments.
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