Wine Growers BC
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The BC LDB’s Winery Sales Agreement needs to be based on certification of origin and should eliminate the discriminatory Commercial and Land-based designations. This discrimination disenfranchises 50% of the farmers, winemakers, largest landowners and wineries in BC from competing in the popular and disruptive alternative packaged wine channel. The Agreement needs to be changed to suit the market.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Agriculture, COVID-19, Economic Development and Trade, Industry, Internal Trade, Liquor Control/Alcohol, Tourism
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The COVID-19 crisis is leading to hardship in the entire BC wine industry with constrained or closed market channels (e.g. restaurants, tasting rooms, onsite winery events, etc.). This is creating a backlog of inventory and an oversupply of grapes.
Government needs to use it's emergency powers to expand access to all 100% BC Grape Wineries to the alternative packaging channel in order to avoid a wine glut, to help BC farmers, and to stave off Winery closures.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Agriculture, COVID-19, Economic Development and Trade, Industry, Internal Trade, Liquor Control/Alcohol, Small Business
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To work with the Province to expand opportunities for British Columbians who earn their livings in the BC Wine Industry
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Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Agriculture, COVID-19, Consumer Issues, Economic Development and Trade, Industry, Internal Trade, Liquor Control/Alcohol, Taxation and Finance
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