Shelves that held bottles of Kentucky bourbon, Jack Daniels whiskey and Bacardi rum are sitting empty at government-run liquor stores in B.C. Sunday – bottles of booze replaced with signs saying, ‘Buy Canadian Instead.’

Shelves that held bottles of Kentucky bourbon, Jack Daniels whiskey and Bacardi rum are sitting empty at government-run liquor stores in B.C. Sunday – where bottles of booze have been replaced with signs saying, ‘Buy Canadian Instead.’

The move follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order that imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods.

Premier David Eby, in response, pledged to pull American liquor off the shelves and said provincial stores will stop purchasing it. The premiers of Ontario and Quebec have done the same.

  • @[email protected]OPEnglish
    32•2 days ago

    Can confirm a bunch of stuff’s been pulled. So far it’s just a few brands though. That’s Maker’s on the bottom, so Kentucky bourbon as a category hasn’t been pulled (yet?).

    Asked them how people have reacted and they said they’d thought many would be really pissed but the reaction’s been nearly universal support.