Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Tuesday ordered the removal of all American alcohol products from store shelves across Ontario, in another drastic move against U.S. President Donald Trump.

That means no Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey, Texas vodka, Kentucky bourbon or California wine in the province for the duration of the trade war. It was Fordโ€™s first response to Trumpโ€™s 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods.

The premier also canceled the provinceโ€™s $100 million satellite internet deal with Elon Muskโ€™s Starlink and threatened a 25 percent export tax on electricity sent from Ontario to 1.5 million customers in New York, Michigan and Minnesota.

โ€œWe have to make sure America feels the pain. Stop buying American goods,โ€ Ford said.

As LCBO employees removed U.S. bottles and cans from about 680 stores and 389 rural agency stores in the summer, the corporate website was temporarily shut down โ€œuntil we remove U.S. products in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods.โ€
The retailer, which sells $1 billion worth of products from 35 U.S. states, also controls all wholesale alcohol sales in Ontario.

That means U.S. products will not be available to bars, restaurants, specialty bottle shops, licensed grocery stores and department stores.


Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *