Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this year's budget bill does what the Harper government could never do over ten years in office — it "frees the beer." The federal law that restricts cross-border alcohol trade dates back to 1928. The CVA says it's "thrilled" the changes are likely to pass quickly as part of this spring's budget bill — but don't place an order with your favourite out-of-province winery just yet. "These changes that the government is making are wholly symbolic," British Columbia Conservative MP Dan Albas told reporters after C-97, the implementation bill for the 2019 federal budget, was introduced. Premier Ford's first Ontario budget promised to "treat adults like adults," and made it easier to drink in several ways.

Source: CBC News April 24, 2019 07:52 UTC