How Canada’s reciprocal tariff on aluminum could increase the price of B.C. craft beer

B.C. breweries that rely on the U.S. to supply cans will have to seek out more expensive options – and likely pass on the cost to the consumer.

Interview with Shannon Paterson, CTV News

Parallel 49 Brewing company makes its beer in Vancouver and would love to buy all its aluminum cans locally too. But that’s not possible.

“There are very few plants in Canada that manufacture cans,” said president Don Gordon. “At least 50 per cent of our entire can production comes from the United States.”

Dageraad Brewing in Burnaby is in the same boat.

“There are no cans made in B.C. There’s a few cans made in Alberta, but nowhere near enough to supply us,” said owner Ben Coli. “Most of our cans come from the south, they come from the United States.”

Coli is pleading with the B.C. government to find a way to support businesses like his.

“We’re hoping for some tax relief for smaller breweries to avoid the mass closures that could be coming down the pipe, depending on what happens with this trade war,” he said.

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