Intervention in Cross-Border Beer Case Could Affect Plans for Provincial Cannabis Monopolies, says Jodie Emery

Will a Supreme Court of Canada case dealing with interprovincial alcohol import limits have implications for provinces that plan to monopolize legal cannabis? Jodie Emery thinks it might. In 2012, Gerard Comeau was stopped by RCMP and fined almost $300 for carrying 14 cases of beer and three bottles of liquor from Quebec to his home province of New Brunswick. That amount exceeded the personal import limit of 12 pints of beer or one bottle of…