Fog Blog Interprovincial Beer Woes Log:

OPINION LOG THIS WEEK.....GERARD COMEAU WHO LIVES IN NORTHER NEW BRUNSWICK IS NOW A HOUSEHOLD NAME WITH THE SUPREME COURT UPHOLDING INTERPROVINCIAL REGULATIONS REGARDING THE IMPORTING OF BEER ! WHAT IS YOUR OPINION.....THE PROVINCE SAYS IT WILL LOOSEN THE REGULATIONS ON HOW MUCH CAN BE IMPORTED FROM ANOTHER PROVINCE , DOES THIS GO FAR ENOUGH.....DO YOU THINK THERE SHOULD BE ANY RESTRICTIONS AT ALL?? VOICE YOUR OPINION!.......The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled unanimously that provinces and territories have the constitutional right to restrict the importation of goods across provincial and territorial borders — as long as the primary aim of the restriction is not to impede trade.Thursday's ruling will dash the hopes of many Canadians who were hoping to have easier access to cheaper and sought-after products in neighbouring provinces, particularly alcohol and tobacco.Gerard Comeau, the retired New Brunswick man who initiated what came to be known as the 'free-the-beer' case, drives two or three times a year from his home in Tracadie — about 160 kilometres north of Moncton — to Quebec, where it's cheaper to buy beer and liquor."It doesn't make sense... because you can go in Quebec or any province and you can buy any quantity of merchandise, clothes, food anything, except for beer," Comeau said following Thursday's decision.