Not sure your title is quite right, as the Beer Store chose to withdraw their sponsorship, they weren't kicked out. And BS doesn't manufacture beer. But obviously members of Beer Canada (the other group who pulled their support) do manufacture beer, but it is true that not all of them are foreign-owned. I wonder whether B.C. members PEI Brewing (who were neck-and-neck for Brewery of the Year last year), Wellington, or Quidi Vidi still entered (I'm guessing yes).McGruff wrote:http://www.momandhops.ca/sponsors-repea ... igibility/
I say it's about time these foreign owned breweries were put in their place.
The new rules state "only a Canadian-owned brewery or cidery whose products are produced and packaged in Canada", which I think is good, thought part of me thinks it should be open to whoever brews here, uses Canadian ingredients, and employs Canadians. I dunno.