Booze laws ‘can be confusing even to lawyers, let alone the average consumer,’ says one lawyer. It’s not exactly breaking news that Canada has sometimes perplexing alcohol laws.
The ongoing trial of Gerard Comeau — a retired steelworker charged for crossing from Quebec into New Brunswick with 14 cases of beer and three bottles of liquor in 2012 — aptly illustrates the point.
Comeau says he went to Quebec for the bargains and had no idea he was breaking a law that many Canadians don’t even know exists.
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Lucas Powers – CBC News – August 26, 2015.
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