Manitobans looking to sidle up to the bar with their favourite U.S.-made liquor will have to keep waiting.

Premier Wab Kinew showed no willingness Friday to relax his province's ban on American alcohol products. He argued the prohibition, enacted by several provinces, has been one of Canada's responses to the U.S. trade dispute the Trump administration has noticed.

"You've heard them talk about this. This is a pain point for them," Kinew said, after an unrelated news conference.

Kinew was asked about the U.S. alcohol his province is stockpiling, after Nova Scotia's government announced Thursday it would sell off its remaining inventory — valued at roughly $14 million — to residents and donate the net profits to food banks.

Kinew said it "probably makes sense for us to consider" Nov

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