BC NDP Is Wrecking British Columbia’s Tourism Industry

American Tourists Complain About Outrageous Liquor Prices

Restaurants Don’t Get Any Break On Retail Prices

What started as an underhanded price reduction scheme by the BC Liberal government has turned into a 19th century colonial taxation scam under BC NDP. Aside from the province’s middle and low-income earners British Columbia’s tourism industry may be a casualty as well, as American tourists complain about the outrageous prices of wine and other liquor products at restaurants, pubs and bars. Servers have complained that liquor sales to city residents and tourists are down, with the exception of some business visitors on expense accounts. A bottle of cheap wine often sells at $40 per bottle or $10-$12 per glass at a medium-price establishment. Restaurants and other catering establishments have to buy liquor at retail prices charged by the province, adding their markups to customers. Liquor sales often make the difference between profit and loss for restaurants. The restaurant and bar industry had already been hampered by an unrealistic change of the legal alcohol limit and the resulting cash grab that force most BC residents to wine and dine at home. Read below how a price reduction scheme has gradually blossomed into a pricing scam under the present provincial government.

Candidus Maximus

October 21, 2019