Canadian wineries call for scrapping provincial trade barriers

Canada's wine sector, worth more than $10 billion annually, says scrapping domestic trade barriers could add billions to the national economy. A new report commissioned by the Wine Growers of Canada indicates the sector could be worth an extra $3.7 billion if Canadians drank more homegrown wine. The industry aims to increase domestic consumption to 51 per cent over the next 15 years, up from the current 40 per cent, citing the lack of a national system allowing wineries to distribute across provinces.