Canadian Manufacturing

Are beer prices artificially high?

by CanadianManufacturing.com Staff   

Manufacturing beer competition monopoly trade


Macleans.ca is reporting that provincially-mandated minimum beer prices are doing more than just bleeding our wallets—they are preventing healthy competition in the sector.

We all know that the softwood lumber file is a cause célèbre for the government and trade pundits alike, but it’s got nothing on the unfair trade practices Canada’s provinces are perpetrating on their respective voting populations.

Macleans.ca is reporting that provincially-mandated minimum beer prices are doing more than just bleeding our wallets—they are preventing healthy competition in the sector.

Read “Why is your government standing in the way of cheaper beer?” at Macleans.ca

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