Russian vodkas and beer targeted for removal
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Provincially owned liquor stores across Canada are removing products of Russian origin from their shelves amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation, Manitoba Liquor Mart and the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation will all remove Russian products, according to announcements on Twitter Friday.
Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy said he will tell the LCBO to stop selling the products.
“Ontario joins Canada’s allies in condemning the Russian government’s act of aggression against the Ukrainian people, and will direct the LCBO to withdraw all products produced in Russia from store shelves,” Bethlenfalvy said.
The move comes hours after provincial Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca wrote to the LCBO’s CEO with a similar request.
