Toronto beer barred from Banff

May 28, 2001
Source: National Post
Original story - link verified on May 28, 2001
By James Wallace

A group of city politicians on a road trip to Banff nearly ran afoul of Alberta's booze laws over the weekend. The 13 councillors, attending a municipal conference, had planned to bring home-brewed beer -- Toronto's Own -- to the conference to schmooze colleagues from across the country. Bur it is illegal to import beer from other jurisdictions into Alberta, at least without scaling a number of regulatory obstacles. "We're here to promote Toronto. We have free trade with Mexico but not with Alberta," fumed one councillor.