44 h. ago U.S. booze isn’t returning to the LCBO yet. Is prohibition helping in tariff war?

On March 4, Ontario Premier Doug Ford ordered the LCBO to remove U.S.-made alcohol from its stores and wholesale catalogue as part of a tariff response measure.

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6 d. ago Confusion in Ontario about what happens to U.S. alcohol taken off LCBO shelves

Premier Doug Ford was exceptionally swift in following through on his commitment to clear U.S. products from LCBO shelves provincewide this week as Canada grapples with President Trump's injurious tariffs.The whole situation has been beyond bewildering for citizens, with Trump threatening to impose the 25 per cent levies on most goods, then backtracking and deferring them at the last second, and flip-flopping multiple more times before indeed implementing the tariffs at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.Also somewhat confusing are the steps that various levels of government here in Canada are taking in response, including culling U.S. booze from the market.Though the move has proven to be quite popular, strategic and symbolic — with residents enthusiastically in support, and some alcohol brands calling it "worse than a tariff" — people are wondering who is on the financial hook for the countless bottles that have now been with...

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9 d. ago Craft wineries support Premier Ford removing U.S. products from LCBO shelves

Wave goodbye to California wine. The advocacy group for craft wineries across the province said Tuesday it is backing Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s immediate response to tariffs imposed on Canadian goods. “We stand with the Premier in his move to remove U.S. brands from the LCBO,” Michelle Wasylyshen, president and CEO of Ontario Craft Wineries, […]

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9 d. ago Premier Doug Ford details how Ontario will retaliate against Trump's tariffs

Doug Ford took to his podium on Tuesday to yet again address the people of Ontario in regards to U.S. tariffs, which unfortunately came into effect on Canadian goods at 12:01 Tuesday morning.The premier reiterated his unrelenting stance against the move by U.S. President Donald Trump and his team and went over the various ways that Ontario will be reciprocating, a few of which Ford floated just before the same tariffs were delayed at the eleventh hour last month.With no delays from south of the border this time around, here are the immediate courses of action that the Province is taking:LCBO is removing U.S. products from shelvesHe teased it last month, but now, it's really happening: LCBO staff are actively withdrawing American alcohol brands from all stores provincewide as of Tuesday and are also ceasing wholesale activity for these labels to other establishments in the province."LCBO, the largest purchaser of alcohol in the world, will begin removing...

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9 d. ago LCBO website offline in Ontario as retailer scrambles to remove U.S. products

Ontario has initiated its retaliation against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, perhaps most noticeable at LCBO locations, where American alcohol products are rapidly being pulled from shelves.Newly re-elected Ontario Premier Doug Ford is following through on his pledge to remove U.S.-produced alcohol from LCBO locations across the province, a move that has resulted in the provincial retailer's website being taken offline temporarily.Doug Ford's deputy chief of staff, Ivana Yelich, took to X on Tuesday morning to inform LCBO customers that the provincial liquor retailer's website had gone offline as part of the premier's plan to pull U.S. alcohol products from LCBO shelves.At the direction of Premier @fordnation, U.S. products are being removed from @LCBO shelves. pic.twitter.com/BOX1csH972— Ivana Yelich (@yelich_ivana) March 4, 2025Visitors to the LCBO website on Tuesday are being greeted by a message explaining that the website is unavailable while staff make chang...

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9 d. ago LCBO removing all U.S. alcohol from store shelves in Ontario

It's official. The LCBO is removing all U.S. alcohol from its store shelves in Ontario.The retaliatory measure comes in the wake of the United States imposing tariffs on Canadian products earlier today. Ontario Premier Doug Ford warned Americans that Canada would be quick to respond with its own tariffs on U.S. products as well as a number of other actions including ceasing the sale of bourbon and U.S. made alcohol at its government controlled liquor stores.LCBO employees at stores across Ontario have begun removing all U.S. products including wine, bourbon and other American made alcohol and non-alcoholic products on its shelves. An LCBO employee told us that they are "in the process of being boxed up" and will no longer be for sale as of tomorrow, March 5th.Technically, the U.S. made products including American whiskey were still on shelves and available for purchase but staff were working quickly when stores opened this morning to remove them.

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1 week ago Toronto neighbourhood shaming businesses suing over bike lanes

Bike lanes have proven to be an extremely divisive topic in Ontario, especially in Toronto, where Premier Doug Ford is going as far as removing select cycle tracks to convert lanes back to mixed-use traffic, reversing multiple years and millions of dollars of worth of construction work led by the City.As various groups continue to express strong support for or oppposition against Ford's plans, one group of 40-odd businesses is taking their dissent with the infrastructure type to a new level, launching a lawsuit against the City over its ever-growing cycling network.But, a few days after the legal action became public, there is already some backlash from members of the community.A statement of claim filed with the Superior Court of Justice on February 21 alleges that the City and its transportation manager "manipulated the public consultation process to minimize opposition and exaggerate support" for new bike lanes along Bloor Street West, and ...

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