My sister in Ontario has previously lamented that she could buy wines from California in her local liquor store, but not wines from BC.

This morning in an email she mentioned that all the California wines have been replaced in her local LCBO store with empty shelves.

THIS IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR BC WINE MAKERS

If I was a vintner in BC, right now I'd be pelting David Eby's office with letters and phone calls to make this a priority and strike while the iron is hot. (The barriers in general, not just the wine opportunity. Although that too.)

Public sentiment has never been more focused on these goofy trade barriers, at least in the entire time I've been alive. Now's the time if there's ever gonna be one.