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Supreme Court to hear 'polarizing' border-beer case - The Globe and Mail
Hopeful the Supreme Court will rule in his favor. It is easier to export products out of the country than sell in another Prov. If they rule in favor, they will do what the Feds and Provinces have failed to do.
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a Crown appeal of a New Brunswick ruling overturning a ban on bringing alcohol across provincial boundaries, in a case that could change the nature of Canadian federalism.
A provincial court judge last year threw out all charges against a man who was ticketed for importing 14 cases of beer and three bottles of liquor from a Quebec border town.
Comeau’s Ontario lawyer, Arnold Schwisberg, said the ruling could have the power to shift a host of laws across the country governing everything from selling chickens to how engineers and other professionals work across provincial lines.
Howard Anglin, the constitution foundation’s executive director, said in a statement that real free trade among provinces would be a massive economic boon to the country. At the very least, the foundation says, a favourable ruling would throw open Canada’s closed provincial alcohol monopolies and could spell the end of provincial agricultural cartels.
Hopeful the Supreme Court will rule in his favor. It is easier to export products out of the country than sell in another Prov. If they rule in favor, they will do what the Feds and Provinces have failed to do.