B.C. craft brewers want the provincial government to change how they are taxed because they say big brewers are getting unfair tax breaks.
They are bringing up their grievance with the British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch’s mark-up system now because the BCLDB has a new minister in charge, Lana Popham. The past five years has also ushered in a much tougher economic environment in which to operate, they say. That has forced many to close.
“We face escalating costs and steep taxes that punish our success,” Main Street Brewing operating partner Cameron Forsyth told reporters Thursday morning at his Vancouver brewery.
“Since 2020, inflation, supply chain disruptions, rising ingredient costs and
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