“Opening up interprovincial trade of alcohol would have a very detrimental effect on the breweries that are here in Newfoundland and Labrador,” Mr. Farrell said in an interview Friday. “There’s no upside. You’d flood the market with trucked-in beer.”

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    12 hours ago

    and getting things off the island is expensive. Medium sized brewers from Ontario and Quebec will eat their lunch.

    But isn’t shipping thins in the island also expensive? Why would medium sized brewers be at an advantage?

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      They’re coming from larger markets, so already have a larger sales base, large income flow, and reduced costs from producing at a larger scale.

      Y’all come from large provinces, don’t ya? Because none of you are talking like you’ve ever seen a bigger neighbour wipe out your local industry. Or paidnany attention while Walmart and Amazon decimated things.