The New Brunswick Liquor Corp. could go out of business if a New Brunswick man successfully argues that he has a constitutional right to buy beer in Quebec for his personal use, says a senior official with the province’s liquor corporation.
Richard Smith, senior vice-president with the NB Liquor Corp., testified Tuesday at a court hearing where Gerard Comeau of Tracadie is mounting a constitutional challenge after he was charged with illegally importing alcohol into New Brunswick from neighbouring Quebec.
The New Brunswick Liquor Control Act limits anyone in the province from having more than 12 pints of beer that weren’t sold by a provincially-licensed liquor outlet.
KEVIN BISSETT – CANADIAN PRESS – AUGUST 25, 2015.
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