Craft distilleries say steep markups are keeping their products off B.C. Liquor Store shelves [Video]

B.C. craft liquor manufacturers say that the province should remove barriers to their products being sold in provincial liquor stores, as interest grows in homegrown alcohol due to U.S. tariffs.

The province has pulled U.S.-made alcohol from provincial liquor store shelves over the trade war with the U.S., incited by President Donald Trump’s imposition of 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports.

Trump’s move has been met with an upsurge in patriotism in Canada, as well as an encouragement from government officials to shop local to help the provincial economy.

But some craft liquor producers in the province say that they’re not featured in B.C. Liquor Stores due to steep markups, meaning many customers are losing out on the chance to buy locally-made booze.

The producers also say …