Bill C311 passed unanimously

[Logitack]

about time... what took so long...as in it should have been done years ago....better late than never i guess.

[grammafreddy]

http://www.cowichannewsleader.com/opini ... 55605.html

Unpop this cork preventing our wineries from growing
Published: June 06, 2012 3:00 PM

Wine will not flow freely between provinces this year because of NDP antics in parliament who stalled Bill C311 to protect their friends in the empirical, corporate union monopolies of the provincial liquor authorities. These massive empires have been crushing innovation and life out of western Canadian wine producers for too long. C311 would have ended the stranglehold on trade before summer. Not now, because the NDP put politics ahead of priorities.

Bill C311 is a private members Bill introduced by Dan Albas, Conservative MP for Okanagan-Coquihalla. The Bill had all party support up until it came time to vote to send it to the Senate, allowing time for it to become law before summer. The NDP deliberately and carelessly ran the clock to zero and C311 will not be passed now possibly until next year. Wine producers gearing up in great anticipation of the changes now have to wait and will suffer another year.

C311 will tear down inter-provincial trade barriers and remove prohibitive, draconian laws, which will enable local producers to sell direct across the country. These changes will give a massive boost to disadvantaged western producers and could have an explosive impact for Cowichan economic diversification.

Growth in tourism aside, with trade barriers gone, growing the agri-viniculture component of the trade is obvious, but a clustering of R&D, laboratory tech services and value-added industry is the sustaining potential the industry can provide, possibly in conjunction with VIU. The point is, when C311 becomes law, with the right vision, Cowichan will benefit economically, socially and culturally beyond our imagination:

The Warmland will be the most interesting, award-winning, wine region in North America during the next 10 years, and in the world 10 years after that. How is that for a start?

John Koury, Councillor

North Cowichan

Seems we have conflicting stories?

[Logitack]

that is an old story from last week when the ndp apparently had a communication snafu and tried to delay the bill. they later corrected themselves and had unanimous agreement to bring it to the floor today for a vote.

OTTAWA - Raise a glass, wine lovers.

Canadians will soon be allowed to transport wines across provincial borders after MPs from all parties voted late Wednesday to support a private member's bill that will free our grapes.

Bill C-311 from B.C. Tory MP Dan Albas proposes ending a decades-old prohibition on interprovincial wine shipments. The bill, which passed by a vote of 287-0 during third reading in the House of Commons, would also allow Canadians to shop for wines online and ship them across borders.

http://www.theprovince.com/mobile/news/ ... story.html

[Urbane]

that is an old story from last week when the ndp apparently had a communication snafu and tried to delay the bill. they later corrected themselves and had unanimous agreement to bring it to the floor today for a vote.

That was much more than an "apparent communication snafu" from the NDP. The NDP outsmarted themselves and had to retreat but I guess every party has their apologists . . . LOL

[grammafreddy]

that is an old story from last week when the ndp apparently had a communication snafu and tried to delay the bill. they later corrected themselves and had unanimous agreement to bring it to the floor today for a vote.

Mannnnn .... I even checked the date to make sure it was current! Sheesh.

[Logitack]

That was much more than an "apparent communication snafu" from the NDP. The NDP outsmarted themselves and had to retreat but I guess every party has their apologists . . . LOL

dont blame me for what the ndp said.... i am just repeating what they said at the time... shrugs....

[Urbane]

dont blame me for what the ndp said.... i am just repeating what they said at the time... shrugs....

I hate to break this to you but sometimes politicians say things that aren't exactly true . . . even NDP politicians (LOL)

[Logitack]

lol, did i say they didnt?

the fact is the ndp screwed up, whether it was a communication gaff or whatever, then they tried to fix it and did by getting unanimous consent in the house to bring the bill to a vote today. they then voted in favor of the bill today. in fact, EVERYONE did.

more than what harper has done in fixing the gaffs he and his cohorts have made.

[French Castanut]

I'm not sure to fully understand the extend of this bill. Any wine now will have the possibility to be sold at the corner storeby the wine producer?

Cuz right now we can only purchase "some" at the grocery stores & corner stores... and "most" or "quality" ones at the governements liquor store. Okanagan wine is already available... way more expensive than in the Okanagan..

[The Green Barbarian]

yeah the NDP screwed up big time - they spent so much time patting themselves on the back in the House for supporting this bill that they ran out of time to debate it, and special concessions had to be made just to get it passed. It just shows how little experience the NDP have and what a weak opposition they truly are. I hope the Liberals get stronger next election, and the people of Quebec have gotten over their fascination with such an ideologically and intellectually weak party. We need a strong opposition, and the NDP aren't it. The Liberals, with their current foundering on the rocks of the far left under Boob Rae, aren't it either.

[Logitack]

wow, prohibition of transportation of wine across provincial lines dates back to 1928. took almost a century to allow us to buy wine at a vineyard and take it back home from ontario to bc or vice versus. better late than never i guess.

Canadians will soon be allowed to transport wines across provincial borders after MPs from all parties voted late Wednesday to support a private member's bill that will free our grapes.
Bill C-311 from British Columbia Tory MP Dan Albas proposes ending a decades-old prohibition on interprovincial wine shipments. The bill, which passed by a vote of 287-0 during third reading in the House of Commons, would also allow Canadians to shop for wines online and ship them across borders.
"The wine industry has had this thorn in their side for 84 years. It's time to free the grapes," Albas told reporters Wednesday on Parliament Hill before the vote.
Under the circa-1928 Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act, it is illegal to transport wines across provincial lines. The offence is punishable by a $200 fine or even jail time.

Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/Bill+desig ... z1x7dgizWZ

[The Green Barbarian]

It seems more symbolic to me then anything - how many of us have bought alcohol on trips to Alberta at much cheaper rates and then driven back home with it to BC? Do you think the cops would give a rats patoot and fine anybody? Doubt it. What is sad is that you can drive seven hours from here to Calgary, and buy up Okanagan wine at a few bucks a bottle lower than it is sold for in the Okanagan only a few miles from the winery. That just makes no sense. We are so over-taxed in this province, at every level.

[Rwede]

that is an old story from last week when the ndp apparently had a communication snafu and tried to delay the bill. they later corrected themselves and had unanimous agreement to bring it to the floor today for a vote.

:cheerleader: :cheerleader: :cheerleader: :cheerleader: :cheerleader:


NDP lapdogs, apologists, and cheerleaders all rejoice!

[French Castanut]

Ok I get it now... I'd prefer to be able to cross it from the USA without being charged duty & 250 taxes instead... it's 50% cheaper down there.