Federal Law: B.C.

Wine Law Dept: Bill C-311, sponsored by B.C. MP Dan Albas, became law on Thursday, making it legal under federal law to take wine from one province to another. But the law specifies that it's limited according to the law in the province to which the wine is being imported, according to CBC. "Consumers in Alberta and Manitoba are immediately freed from the shackles of the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act," the prohibition-era law that limits the movement of liquor, Hicken said and there are far more reforms needed to Canadian liquor laws, advocates say, despite a federal change that was meant to make it easier for wine lovers to import the product from other provinces. Those laws vary, and in some places aren't at all clear, said Mark Hicken, a lawyer specializing in wine law. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.