Each of Canada’s 13 provinces and territories has a liquor board or commission that oversees the control, distribution and sale of beverage alcohol in its jurisdiction. While each of these bodies is unique, they are all committed to working together through CALJ on liquor-related issues of common interest.
Twice a year, the heads of each of Canada’s liquor boards and commissions meet at CALJ to discuss topics ranging from operations and trade to alcohol policy and social responsibility.
Created in 1942, CALJ’s mandate is to:
• promote and encourage frank, open and ethical practices concerning the control, purchase and/or sale of alcoholic beverages; • co-operate with all provincial, territorial and federal agencies concerned with the control, sale and taxation of alcoholic beverages; • improve the provinces’ and territories’ systems of control and distribution of alcoholic beverages by co-operation and free flow of information among the members of the Association and by regular meetings or conferences of the members of the Association and comparable jurisdictions outside Canada.
The 13 Canadian liquor commissions and boards are:
• Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission • British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch • Liquor Control Board of Ontario • Manitoba Liquor Control Commission • Northwest Territories Liquor Commission • Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation • New Brunswick Liquor Corporation • Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation • Nunavut Liquor Commission • Prince Edward Island Liquor Control Commission • Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority • Société des alcools du Québec • Yukon Liquor Corporation
BC LIQUOR STORES COLLECT OVER $345,000 FOR HAITI RELIEF posted: February 17, 2010 VANCOUVER – BC Liquor Store customers and staff have generously donated over $345,000 to help support Canadian Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti.
Between Jan. 19 and Feb. 12, 2010, all 197 BC Liquor Stores across British Columbia accepted voluntary donations in denominations of $2.00, $5.00 or multiples thereof. The entire sum was sent to the Canadian Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Fund.
Yukon Liquor Corporation to eliminate single-use bags posted: Friday, February 05, 2010 The Yukon Liquor Corporation will stop offering single-use bags with purchases, Minister responsible for the Yukon Liquor Corporation Jim Kenyon announced today. The change will coincide with Earth Week 2010.
LCBO CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES RAISE $580,000 FOR HAITI RELIEF posted: Friday, February 05, 2010 Since mid-January, LCBO customers and employees have raised more than $580,000 for the Canadian Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund at LCBO stores throughout Ontario.
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