This is something that blew my mind, you can of course drink worldwide without any penalties. But, if you’re a Canadian visiting another province, you cannot visit a vineyard or a winery, purchase a bottle of wine and bring it back to another province.
For instance, if you’re from Ontario. You come to BC, visit the Okanagan and grab a glass of delicious Okanagan wine at one of the area’s amazing wineries, asking to have a couple of cases shipped for you back home won’t be able to happen. Why? It’s illegal.
The country still has specific laws and boundaries governing each province, despite the fact that Canada is… Well, it’s a country is it not? Shouldn’t one province be able to send and receive goods? Well, not without the necessary mark ups it seems. They’re essential.
Shockingly though, a fact I found out is that technically you cannot travel between provinces with alcohol purchased out of province – why? Yet again, because the province you’re going into hasn’t had a chance to issue it’s mark ups and necessary taxing on your goods. Technically you can be arrested for doing so. It has never happened, but within the eyes of the law it is something that can take place.
Yet again, isn’t this just one big country? It seems like it’s several smaller ones now that I know this.