Unseen Victims: Alcohol Importers Hardest Hit by BCGEU Strike (BC)

Restaurants Canada calls for immediate end to BC Liquor strike: 78% of bars and restaurants worried about survival

Vancouver, Oct. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nearly eight in 10 (78%) BC bars and restaurants are worried about their survival as the BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) strike blocking BC Liquor stores and warehouses drags on for a seventh…

Unseen victims: Alcohol importers hardest hit by BCGEU strike (BC)

Alcohol importers typically work in the background and do not deal directly with the general public - something that makes it easy for consumers to take them for granted. Those importers, however, are likely the businesses hardest hit by the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) strike. Union member...

Unseen victims: Alcohol importers hardest hit by BCGEU strike

Alcohol importers cannot access their own products to sell to customers so they are harder hit than are owners of restaurants and private liquor stores

Low Spirits As BCGEU Strike Drains Small Business Confidence

Small business confidence in British Columbia remained weak in October as the province’s record-setting strike continued to squeeze local businesses, according to the latest Business Barometer from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). In response, the CFIB is calling on the B.C. Government is to provide businesses with access to private liquor distribution options.  According to the CFIB, long-term small business confidence in…