In response to a U.S. proposal to hold Canada accountable for its alcohol boycotts, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said “we won’t back down.”
Ford’s defiant statement, which appeared on X, cited that “U.S. tariffs are threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Canadian workers, including here in Ontario.”
“We won’t back down. The fastest and only way to get U.S. alcohol back on Ontario shelves is for the U.S. to drop its illegal tariffs on Canada,” the post reads.
U.S. Republican Congresswoman Claudia Tenney proposed legislation Monday called the Combating Attacks on our National Alcoholic Drinks by Allies (CANADA) Act, which states that under Section 301 of the U.S. Trade Act, the legislation would direct U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and his office to investigate Canadian provincial liquor board restrictions on the import and distribution of U.S. products within 30 days, if made law.
“Nearly all of Canada’s provincial liquor boards have prohibited or restricted the importation and distribution of American alcoholic beverages, harming U.S. producers and limiting their access to an important export market,” a press release reads.
Eight Canadian provincial governments levied restrictions on U.S. alcohol imports following U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs last year.
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On March 4, 2025, American alcohol was officially removed from the shelves of Ontario liquor stores in retaliation to the first round of tariffs levied by Trump.
Ontario imported roughly $965 million worth of booze from the U.S. before the ban. That meant that roughly $2 million worth of U.S. products have either expired or will expire in the next few months.
Most of those products, according to the government, included beer, ready-to-drink beverages and wine.
When meeting with U.S. officials in June, Ford said that American booze will be available for sale once the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement, or CUSMA, is renewed.
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“I just want to get this deal done,” Ford told reporters on June 9 in Washington, D.C., where he was meeting with U.S. officials.
“And I can assure you once that deal’s done, I’m going to be sitting down and bringing all the booze back on shelves in Ontario, and everyone’s gonna be kumbaya. It’s going to be good.”
California Congress members have pushed Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette in the last month for the province to put American wine back on its shelves.
“Unfortunately, the restriction on American wine has had damaging consequences for regional consumers, businesses, and producers who had no influence over national policies. Québec consumers have historically enjoyed access to a wide variety of American wines, and their absence limits choice in the marketplace, while cutting off a $434 million market,” a letter signed by Congress members Jimmy Panetta, Mike Thompson and David G. Valadao reads.
“Reopening the market to American wine would restore consumer choice and signal a commitment to restoring fair and balanced trade for Québecois consumers and American wineries who have no connection to the underlying trade disputes. We would welcome the opportunity to continue to engage in dialogue and work collaboratively toward a resolution.”
Sell off the stockpile and donate the profits to needy organizations like other provinces have done. Then bye-bye USA alcohol on Canadian shelves. Even if we are forced to put it back on shelves, we will buy anything else but USA, until the USA is compliant with CUSMA and treats Canada like the fair trading parter and neighbor we are. US legislators may force alcohol back on our shelves but they can’t make us buy it!
This is an incredible economic and political error by Ford. The economic impact on the US Wine and Liquor industry by losing the Ontario market will be absorbed by the producers and they will move on without the Ontario market. However, the Ontario consumers (taxpayers) all of whom have exactly nothing to do with matters USA, suddenly find that the things they have been used to picking up from the store on the way home are no longer something they can do because of the personal view of one person who says No!
VOTE HIM OUT!!!
Do not back down … these people are so blind to what has been extreme overreach from their leader trying to ruin our Country 🇨🇦. Shame on them all 🤔
The consumers will get the message through to Trump.
Do any of you miss American beer or booze? I sure don’t! Our beer, our whisky, our BC wine – it’s all better than their stuff anyway.
I don’t mind an MGD or a Sam Adams from time to time if its offered to me, but I sure don’t buy it or miss it, and I never buy the horse piddle they call Bud. I’ll take Moosehead, Sleeman’s, or my local small-town brewery beer any day. Also, our Okanagan ciders are great! Buy Canadian, and do it proudly folks.
Or you can buy the excellent products that come from Europe. Some of the best beers, wines, and spirirts come from Europe. Time to try something new! German, Belgian, British, Irish, French, Italian… it’s all better than American.
Trump started this fight, and we’re gonna keep fighting it til he and his goons apologize. Slap Canada in the face? Well then, elbows up!
@Wayne Dawson “most Americans like what Trump is doing” you aren’t most Americans bud. Also you claim Americans don’t think about Canada…why are you commenting on a Canadian news site then? Hypocrite.
Somene needs to JFK that fat loser Ford.
I think we are missing the big picture here. Canada has so many alcoholics that prohibiting the sale of US booze may bankrupt America.
Remove the politics and lets bring them back on consignment. They can foot the cost to put it on the shelves and of course it has to be identified as not a Canadian product. Then we will see how much they want to be in the market versus just have out cash.
Why not show how Doug Ford is selling prime Muskoka Crown land to an American hokding company ? Its all posturing with this guy, and by parroting it you are just helping to strengthen his brand.
Trump is doing what is best for the USA. He is not the PM of Canada. Most Americans like what Trump is doing and while these tariffs are big news in Canada they are not in the USA. In fact, most Americans don’t think or concern themselves with Canada.
The US is getting their panties in a twist because their leader is acting like a compete ass and Canada chooses not to put up with it. Now they want to MAKE us purchase something from them because we are hurting Their economic structure? OK, cool! Then Canada should be ALLOWED to, and Receive in a very timely fashion, any and all monies spent on unpurchased alcohol after six months! Who wants to dust off those bottles and cans that Canadiens are Not buying?
Dear US Leaders; You don’t get to slap someone then complain when the slap you back!
As an Alberta, I boycott BC and Quebec products as these two provinces undermine Alberta’s economy.
Canada should pay for access to the USA market. Canada has been freeloading for years.
The global chaos is because if one person.
Gotta love the balls on the U.S. Introducing tariffs, and then whining when those tariffs have negative consequences. FAFO at its finest.
Trump and a republicans think they can belittle and bully Canada. Not happening, think again
This only makes sense.
America should realise trying to bully Canada is pointless. If they want to play hardball, so be it.
So try as best you can to avoid buying american goods.
We are Canadian ! Bring it on yanks !
This Ford guy is irrelevant, just like the rest of his country.
You can put all that back on the shelves BUT I STILL WON’T BUY ANY AMERICAN SH1T !!! And open the bridge too!
Put it back on the shelf’s I for one will never buy AMERICAN booze again
Guy thinks it’s We Day.
End the ridiculous US tariffs and we’ll talk about whether we actually want US alcohol on our shelves…
Good for Ford!
@Vince Burke saying there’s no good Canadian wine because it doesn’t appeal to your palate doesn’t mean its true. Plenty of great wines from across the country. I recommend anyone to try anything from Scout, Averill Creek and Keenan Thrussell in B.C., Pinard Et Fils and Oak Hill in Quebec, Lightfoot and Wolfville and Parlan in Nova Scotia, Pearl Morissette, Last House, Therianthropy, Five Rows, Big Head, Stoss Lee, Hubbs Creek, Rosewood, Hidden Bench and Southbrook in Ontario. Tons of styles for any wine lover and 100% Canadian!
Whether or not the LCBs take American booze off the shelf or not, I think at this point most Canadians will avoid US liquor products anyways.
So, this legislation is unlikely to increase US liquor sales into Canada as long as Canadians consumers continue to boycott American booze.
I’m not a fan of Ford’s run as Premier, far from it, but the blocks on importing alcohol have been the most effective instrument Canada has had in trade talks with the United States. They have not been fair and reasonable in negotiations and Canada should not back down on this without significant concessions from the American negotiators and Trump.
Doug’s stance could be his ‘tRump’ card for future elections. Canadians want someone who will take a positive stand and NOT back down.
Carney is showing the way, and Doug is following.
Ford is nuts and his dead coke head brother is smarter than him. Ontario, what were you thinking?
A lot of alcoholics on here spewing off
Glad Doug Ford stands up to Trump. We need many more like him to stand up. No one should allow a bully to continue. Unfortunately Americans will have to decide who to vote for in the future to avoid this from happening again. They made a big mistake by voting for Trump and are suffering in many ways alcohol not being as important as food prices, no health care, gas prices plus, plus, plus. Trump is destroying America.
Just put it on the shelf. If people buy it they buy it. If they don’t they dont
Would someone please just end this fat pos’s life already? Sick of looking at this pos’s face.
Doug Ford had no right to remove American alcohol from shelves.He really did not accomplish anything, but probably lost some voters.
Thank you Brian Brians – someone with a brain!!!!! The imbeciles south of the border have decided we cannot buy and sell what we want!!!!!
The Orange Maaan
America has a chance to do the funniest thing right now and ban all canadia alcohol.
I can’t believe the idiotic response from the US . Canada businesses are suffering because
of your vindictive President
Also all that American booze you poured out was already bought and paid for by the tax payers.
Doug your a lost puppet
Alcohol is a carcinogenic toxin…
When the “ban” on US products started the Americans said it wouldn’t make of a difference to their bottom line. Turns out it has made a difference and know they aren’t happy with something they started.
I can’t remember the last time I had an American bottle of wine and I have discovered great wines from other parts of the world.
Ford is a moron who greatly contributed to this idiotic Elbows-Up posturing. Instead of negotiating, Ford and others like him think temper tantrums are going to be effective against someone who likes to be a bully.
Someone shoot this fat f *uck!!!
What happened to all the US booze that was on LCBO shelves – did Doug steal it and use it for PC parry events..?
Quebec you cant forgo american wine you have the rest of the world of choice. To me this primier just making excuse and is a usa pawn like smith and polievre.
Canada has also put on illegal reciprocal tariffs. What hypocrites Canadians are.
Global shouldn’t post comments from people who list their name as “anonymous”.
Absolutely outrageous for those criminals to try to use the rule of law to force us to do what they want. You either respect the law or you don’t. Their tariffs are illegal, therefore they do not respect the law and now they want to try to use it to their advantage?! Absolutely outrageous.
Im a french quebecer and seriously i would vote for him to represent the whole canada in any futur negociation with the orangs psychopath down south. It frustrate me to see all the president bending the knee in front of him and israel. We need someone with b*lls, someone who can say no and leave, someone who can talk to trump the way he talk to everyone around. Its him.
U.s.want their cake and eat it to
USA started this foolishness years ago with lumber, steel, aluminum etc. When Canada responded, they paint it as a major problem. Instead of trying to make it worse, stop waking up and declaring new tariffs just to look tough.
USA should boycott Canada. I don’t ever want to travel up there. To cold and expensive for the most part
Oh my big tough Doug won’t back down. Oh you got trump shaking in his boots there Doug you fluggan duggan.
I’m a donkey
Alcohol is poison.
The younger geberation won’t be doing bourbon.
They use vapes now.
Put the Booze back on the shelves, let the consumer decide, they are the ones that vote! Gov should not dictate what we buy! I’ll decide what I want not the Gov.
We will continue to boycott American alcohol until the tariffs are dropped. The citizens agree with their governments believe me.
The previous comment is from a clown. Those of us on the waterfront want an expanded airport. So does the federal government as well.
He didn’t pave the Greenbelt. There were plans to build 30k homes on 1 percent of 1 percent of the Greenbelt. The province stopped that plan because of opposition. The same loud mouth opposition like you who are unaware that the Libs before Ford reopened the Greenbelt borders a handful of times for their lobbyist friends, even to allow for golf courses and malls. And most people like you could not find the borders of the greenbelt on a map if your life depended on it.
You’re also wrong about bike lanes and speed cameras.
While he’s destroyed OSAP, OHIP, illegally banned speed cameras, illegally trying to remove municipal bike lanes, bought himself a secret private jet, trying to destroy Toronto’s waterfront with an airport expansion, paved the greenbelt, stole away our right to access freedom of information on his office and ministers, he takes a 5 month recess while Ontario’s unemployment is skyrocketing. Homelessness has exploded.
THIS IS RIGHT WING POLICY AT IT’S CORE. And all the little maple magat psychopaths will cope and say otherwise.
#DOFOMUSTGO #RESIGN #WETOLDYOU
I agree wholeheartedly! But if Ontario is forced, I hope there will be placement & signage to discourage purchase.
Won’t buy US products too many great countries have far better products and I’m buying them always
US can’t tell me to buy US it’s my money not USA. Very rude of them like always
Bring it back or not. I’m still not buying anything from the US. I can find everything I want made in other countries or in Canada. To paraphrase their own leader, they have nothing I need. Buy what you want. We’re all free to make our own choices.
America wants alcohol back in Canada? Remove all tariffs and open Gordie Howe Bridge!
Pretty simple!
Even if Ford allows US booze back on the shelves in Ontario we’ll never buy it. Niagara makes better wine than any of the swill from the US. Ice wine is awesome and is not available from the US and even if it was we would never consider buying it. We continue to make every effort to buy nothing made in the US and will continue until the dictator in chief of the US is long gone and probably long after that. Canadian strong Canadian proud.
@Tex Which world superpower? The one which Iran brought to it’s knees? The one that wasn’t able to hold on to Iraq/Afghanistan? Or the one which was defeated in Vietnam?
Tariffs will make US beverages too expensive. Won’t be buying it while Trump administration is in office.
Well USA won’t take our products without tariffs, like Trump says himself…We don’t need Canadian products so back at Yas.
People think when Trump is gone everything will be fine. However even the Democrats are upset with Canadian Supply Management tariffs, Canada cosing up to China. Auto sector subsidies, lumber dumping and other trade irritants.
I am happy Trump put on tariffs. Canada is a bad trading partner, freeloaded on NATO/Military, and dumps Chinese products into the USA. Canada should pay to acess the market of the Worlds Superpower.
To Ali
Ford did negotiate. It was him and him alone who negotiated with the then incoming Trump administration during the federal hiatus we had in early 2025 when Trudeau for lack of better word abdicated to delay our election and save the Liberal party.
The Americans want their cake and to eat it too. If the republican party ass kissers would actually do something about trump, his mouth, and his destructive and corrupt government, perhaps Canada would do something about the liquor ban on their products.
These gaslighting Republicans – incredible. Do as I say, not as I do.
Doug, using your monopoly power is the antithesis of free trade. You should negotiate, not retaliate. You don’t have any real leverage
Perpetual disappointment and Ontario PC/Liberal Leader Doug Ford says he prefers when governments interfere in markets because, as alleged by some, he has tiger blood and is winning.
Perpetual disappointment and Ontario PC/Liberal Leader Doug Ford says he prefers when governments interfere in markets because, as alleged by some, he has tiger blood and is winning.
No biggie, I’ll be heading down to pick up my bourbon. Elbows up!
Republican idiots
It’s ironic these bullshitters said fentanyl was going there from here but they want their addictive gut rot up here.
If you have a cop friend, ask him how many domestic calls are for alcohol stuff.
Let them pay the cop’s overtime.
What a hero
Thousands without work in Ontario but what a great stance
Never been a big fan of Ford but I love that he’s standing up for Canada.
Interesting American assumption that putting American liquor back in Canadian stores means the liquor will be purchased. There are snowballs in hell with a better chance.
1. Remove illegal tarrifs
2. Open the unlawfully closed Gordie Howe bridge
3. Treat Canada with respect as a sovereign nation
American law or no American law, it does not matter… America can not force American booze down Canadian throats. If AmericFind a new market.
Joe, you’re too much of a weakling for such pronouncements.
Albertans and Quebecers wouldn’t want to leave if it were not for Liberals.
Governor smith , the seperatists traitor of the wannabes 51 state goes around the Calgary stampede doing photo ops promoting Alberta booze yet she lied about removing American booze from the shelves in Alberta and ordered more instead of. Such a lieing traitor. Canadians don’t need American booze or governor smith
Stupid Canadians with low I.Q’s always forget that tariffs are a retaliation for a trade deficit. Your stupid little retaliation against a retaliation looks really great while your jobs move to the USA.
Or do you require that trade deficit to survive as a country.
Go and buddy up with Chy-na and when they take over your country (5 minute job) then don’t come crying to US.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
-DJT
Don’t worry. Canadian booze will give you cancer just as well as American.
Remember they don’t need anything we have why do they need us to sell their hangovers in a bottle booze. I haven’t bought American booze in 20years its not great better booze comes from anywhere else
Hey, America, don’t blame this on Canadians. Put the blame on the original source of the problem…Donald Trump & his all encompassing greed.
As voting Americans, tell trump to back off the terriffs and then we can get back to normal relations.
Greg must be Elbows Up. Wineries in NAPA and Sonoma are some of the top rated. I guess Greg likes Canada swill because he is doing what Carney tells him.
Greg.Okanagan wine is awful. The climate there is to hot and dry in the summer. I will buy French before Canada.
There are good wines coming from the Okanagan and I like Canadian Rye Whiskey…we don’t need American liquor here…I tried three or four California wines and honestly, they were the worst plonk I’ve ever tasted…
Even if it’s back., I won’t buy it. Capisce?
Your industry is hurting?.. welcome to the Mango Mafia future. Don’t like it, then fix it at patient zero.
I saw an article that Canadians are heading back to the USA. I guess taking a vacation to Winnipeg in January isn’t that appealing after all, but it is “Elbows Up”.
Please DO NOT put the booze back till the tariffs are lowered.
Why are Canadian TV networks including the CBC continuing to show US television shows?
And…..no more america cars, trips….everything and anything american…
NO MORE AMERICA…
Doug Ford has been a total embarrassment.
I don’t trust Doug Ford
Canadian wine is garage. Still buying from California or Oregon
I still buy US Bourbon as it is available in Alberta. I won’t go “Elbows Up” as I believe in person choice and don’t care what Lard Ford or Carney preaches
Trump caused this insane situation. Americans are suffering because of his actions. It is not the fault of Canada. We are being treated terribly and have exercised our right to determine what we buy and who we buy it from.
@Matthew:
Guess what? Polls support dropping this pizz from our shelfs, so it is “we.”
Willow is a russian troll.
Alcohol is a category 1 on the addictive drug lists.
Let them sell it to themselves.
It’s literally poison.
He should stop acting like a liberal infant and let us decide. If we choose to leave it on the shelf, then he can say ‘we’.
It’s easy to say Canadians don’t want the US alcohol when it’s not there to buy. Why not put it back on the shelves and let the consumer decide what they want to buy or is Ford afraid that Canadians will buy it if they have a choice.
Wow, so the US doesn’t ‘NEED ANYTHING FROM CANADA ‘ EH?
I suppose we will soon hear how lack of American booze on Canadian shelves will be a national security issue! Gee, send that US congresswoman’s legislation back reworded about how their actions have impacted Canadian workers . I would suggest our steel, aluminum and auto industries cost impact far exceeds that for those in the booze business. Where have they parked their brains? Really, this is their major irritant?
Totally agree with the provinces. This US representative should realize that Canadians really don’t miss YS alcohol. You can’t force people to buy stuff they really don’t want. That lawmaker is just a MAGA moron.
Canada acting like they are the underdog just trying to save their industry and fair trade Yada yada yada… truth is that the American teet has been pulled out of their mouth and they just want to claw back on
Don’t have to ban it, just clearly label all US liquor products and let Canadians decide to not drink them.
Fat slob ! I wish Ontario would split from Canada and take Quebec and Ben too
Keep it off the shelves. Till a deal is made. I won’t buy it anyway for I have found better wine and liquor from home grown to other parts of the world.
In 2025, Canada recorded the highest foreign direct investment inflows per capita in the G7. Facts matter. Yet we continue to hear incorrect partisan tales from Poilievre and the conservatives.
51st or bust
If Ford cared about his constituents he would be pressing Carney to end the US Tariffs and secure a deal, something Ford continually whines about but does nothing to help.
No. Keep it out till the deal is done. Other businesses in Canada suffer. Deal with your government if you want to deal.
Love it, keep it up
Meanwhile, more manufacturers are packing up & moving to the U.S., but that’s OK. It’s all part of the liberal plan because Carney/Brookfield are making huge bank! Own nothing, eat bugs, and be damned happy about it.
The law is pathetically childish but between his idiots and the anti Trump morons it gets enough support
It’s not a “we” situation and I think it is high time we sue this fat dumbass.
Hint for the stupid: If it were a we, there would be no need to impose a ban.