Alberta scraps beer tax hike, citing Trump’s tariffs and desire to support Canadian business

Alberta scraps beer tax hike, citing Trump’s tariffs and desire to support Canadian business

Beer Canada had celebrated the February schedule, describing it at the time as a step towards equity for smaller Albertan brewers.

Alberta’s government has ditched a new fee schedule for breweries that would have seen the province’s oldest beer maker pay significantly more in taxes.

The schedule, introduced in February after Alberta tabled its budget, substantially lowered the production threshold breweries needed to meet before they paid the highest fee to the government, while also adjusting the production limits and fees building up to the cap.

Before the change, breweries were able to produce 400,000 hectolitres – or 40-million litres – before they paid $1.25 per litre, which is the cap. Th