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Manitoba premier says Canadians should continue avoiding purchase of U.S. liquor
Wab Kinew says Manitoba may restore U.S. liquor only if a trade deal lowers tariffs and protects workers.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked provinces to return U.S. liquor to store shelves as part of a trade deal aiming to avert 50 per cent tariffs on nearly $30 billion in Canadian goods, though Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew remains reluctant to agree.
- Last year, Canadian provinces removed U.S. liquor from shelves after President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs, prompting Manitoba to mandate a preference for non-U.S. contracts in government tenders.
- Kinew told reporters Thursday that an 82 per cent year-over-year decline in Manitoba government spending on American firms resulted from those procurement rules, though he awaits final tariff details.
- If American liquor returns, Kinew urged Canadians to "leave it there" and buy local, asserting shoppers retain the agency to say "Crown Royal is better than Jack Daniel's."
- While Trump faces domestic pressure from rising costs and federal records related to Jeffrey Epstein, Kinew argued Canada holds the "upper hand," insisting on further worker support at the Gerdau steel mill.
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PM Carney asks premiers to remove U.S. booze ban to help finalize trade deal - NTV: Newfoundland and Labrador's Most Trusted News Source
Prime Minister Mark Carney is asking premiers across the country to put American liquor back on Canadian shelves as Ottawa works to finalize a new trade agreement with the United states. The request comes after provinces moved to pull American alcohol from liquor stores earlier this year, in retaliation for U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods. Here in Newfoundland and Labrador, American-made liquor was removed from NLC shelves in response to the trad…
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