Iconic Canadian duo Bob and Doug McKenzie return to tell Ottawa to take off the upcoming beer tax hike, eh! If Parliament doesn’t take action, beer taxes will rise by nearly 5% on April 1st. Read the press release here.
#HereForBeer
#ImWithBobandDoug
It's Canadian Beer Day! Celebrate with us as we raise our glass to Canadian beer & the people who brew it, sell it, deliver it, serve it, or drink it.
#HereForBeer
Today, 13 leading organized labour orgs representing the brewing sector joined together in one voice to publish an Open Letter to
@cafreeland
urging the government to cancel the upcoming automatic 4.7% federal beer tax increase.
It’s 2000 and Two-Four, it’s the worst time to raise beer taxes Ottawa! Join Bob & Doug McKenzie and save this century’s only Beer Year! Listen to first radio ads now at , RT and email your MP!
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#ImWithBobandDoug
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#2000andTwoFour
In today’s
@nationalpost
,
@PerrinBeatty
President & CEO of
@CdnChamberofCom
encourages Finance Min
@cafreeland
to rethink the flawed alcohol escalator tax. Canadians should not be subjected to another tax increase tied to inflation that fuels higher prices
The Government of Canada published new federal tax rate effective April 1st - Confirmation that the increase is 6.3%, the largest beer tax increase imposed on Canadians in 40 years. Join us to stop this increase before it is too late.
#HereForBeer
Last week it was beer sector unions, this week it’s Canada’s
@CdnChamberofCom
each calling for a stop to 5% federal beer tax hike to help protect workers, businesses & consumers and bring back price stability.
#cndpoli
#affordability
#HereForBeer
Canadian families are already feeling the pinch of higher prices and less disposable income with the full effects of aggressive interest rate increases still to come. Now is not the time to make life more expensive by new beer tax hikes. Add your voice, visit
Ipsos poll confirms
#affordability
is our top priority. Canadians expect Parliament to help make life more affordable. Ottawa’s plan to hike beer taxes by nearly 5% on April 1st will do the opposite and actually make life more expensive.
#HereForBeer
The Canadian Brewing industry today supports 149,000 local jobs. Ottawa’s 6.3% federal beer tax hike scheduled for April 1st risks imposing significant harm on consumers, hospitality, & brewers. It's not too late to stop this year’s increase, the biggest in 40 years.
#HereForBeer
As Parliament resumes sitting in Ottawa, we are asking MPs from all parties to join together to stop the largest beer tax hike on Canadians in the last 40 years.
#HereForBeer
#Budget2024
Bob & Doug meet our President, CJ Hélie, who gets a chance to explain why their beer prices are going up. Let’s just say they are not happy with Ottawa’s plans to raise beer taxes by nearly 5% on April 1. Listen to their reaction to the news & show your support by emailing your
Press Release: We welcome the Standing committee on Finance unanimous adoption of a motion by
@jasrajshallan
, amended by
@Daniel_Blaikie
to cap the 2024 beer tax hike at 2% instead of the scheduled 4.7%. We call for a full debate in the
@OurCommons
to allow all MPs to voice
Bob & Doug on vacation. Listen to Bob & Doug McKenzie take on their latest vacation in their new 30-second spot, "Vacation," now streaming on . Join Bob & Doug and send an email to your local MP to help stop the nearly 5% beer tax hike!
#HereForBeer
We are calling on all MPs to show their support for Canada’s brewers, beer consumers, & hospitality by voting in favour of
@jasrajshallan
motion to cancel the April 1, 2023 tax hike on beer. Let’s make it unanimous & protect brewery union workers
@SeamusORegan
@theJagmeetSingh
In their newest spot, Bob & Doug are downtown talking to everyday Canadians about April Fools’ Day. Unfortunately, Ottawa’s plan to hike beer taxes by nearly 5% on April 1st is no joke for beer lovers, or those who make, distribute, retail, pour or serve it. Listen at
Canada’s CPI inflation rate is now 3.1%, but Government of Canada plans to raise federal beer taxes by 4.7% on April 1, 2024. Higher beer taxes help push retail prices, inflation & interest rates higher.
#affordability
#cndpoli
#HereforBeer
#inflation
It is time for Members of Parliament to take action to support local communities by supporting hospitality, tourism, brewery operations & workers. STOP April 2024’s damaging scheduled 4.7% beer tax hike to save jobs.
#cndpoli
#affordability
#HereForBeer
"One expedient means of pacifying discontent would be to freeze beer prices — or at least the federal tax on beer."
#HereforBeer
#FreezeBeerTaxesNow
John Ivison: Liberals could freeze beer taxes and show Canadians they actually care via
@nationalpost
Kingston, Ont. craft brewers join calls for halt on excise tax hike. Ottawa’s annual escalator beer tax increases are a punch to the gut for local brewers & hospitality businesses already struggling with inflationary pressures
@DaftBrewing
@RestaurantsCA
Will
@cafreeland
#Budget2023
show Ottawa truly has the backs of Canadians families and businesses, or will a new 6.3% federal beer tax hike, the biggest in 40 years, be the latest blow to a tapped-out sector and consumer?
#HereForBeer
#FreezeBeerTaxesNow
In 2017,
@cafreeland
predecessor imposed an automatic inflation-based annual beer tax hike. With peak inflation, a massive hike of 6.3% federal beer tax hike will push prices & inflation upwards harming brewers, the hospitality sector and consumers along the way.
#HereForBeer
Beer is an important profit driver for many restaurants. We join our hospitality partners in asking all levels of governments to do all possible to help these businesses. Let's start by stopping the 4.7% federal beer tax hike scheduled for next year.
Thanks to all the Canadian Beer lovers who raised their glass & celebrated the people behind our nation’s favourite beverage on
#CanadianBeerDay
! More than a drink, Canadian Beer is Canada to many around the world. We’re proud to be part of this fabulous brewing community.🍺🍁🍺
We are calling on MPs in Ottawa to stand up for financially squeezed consumers and businesses to stop an April 1st nearly 5% federal beer tax hike. In Canada, it is the role of Parliament to vote on any new tax increases.
#HereForBeer
#StopTheHike
Fundamental sound tax policy includes taking into account current economic conditions. Raising beer taxes by nearly 5% will make life more, not less expensive for hard-working Canadians.
#HereForBeer
#Economics101
#cndpoli
While a perfect pint needs at least ½ inch of foam, Canada’s nearly 50% beer tax rate is tough to swallow. Help Bob & Doug McKenzie stop Ottawa’s April 2024 beer tax hike. Go to to listen to their latest ad “FOAM”.
#HereForBeer
#ImWithBobandDoug
Many Canadians are counting their pennies in the face of increases in their cost-of-living not experienced in decades. Does Ottawa have their backs, or will the federal government go ahead with a 6.3% federal beer tax hike, the largest increase in 40 years?
#HereForBeer
#cndpoli
“Inflation has brought havoc across the Canadian economy over the past few years & Ottawa has the opportunity to either pause or cap the escalator tax & give Canadians something to raise a glass to”
@ClementLiberty
@consumerchoice
#HereForBeer
#inflation
Canadian Beer Day 2023 is 1 month away! On October 4th, join us in celebrating the people who brew, sell, deliver, serve or drink our nation’s most iconic beverage. Cheers to the positive role beer plays in our lives & communities!
#CanadianBeerDay
It’s just 2 more days until Canadian Beer Day 2023! 🍻 On October 4th, raise your glass and celebrate the incredible people who bring Canadian beer from grains to glass. Find out more at 🍁
#CanadianBeerDay
#HereForBeer
It's Canadian Beer Day! Beer is so iconically Canadian it deserves a day of its own! From crisp lagers to hoppy ales, it unites us in celebration, friendship, and shared memories.
#CanadianBeerDay
#HereForBeer
A 6.3% fed liquor tax hike may be “only pennies a bottle” but has devastating impact on hard working Canadians running local businesses as brewers, bars & restaurants are struggling with debt & higher costs after the pandemic.
@RestaurantsCA
&
@BeerCanada
Will
@JustinTrudeau
stop the biggest beer tax increase in 40 years? Brewery unions, grain farmers, maltsters, consumers, restaurateurs & brewers are waiting for the answer in
#Budget2023
. Not too late to ask your MP to help the right decision along.
Doug is right! Beer taxes are over-inflated. In fact, 46% of the typical price of beer you pay in Canada are taxes- the highest beer taxes in the G7! Have your say, visit
#HereforBeer
#ImWithBobandDoug
According to
@RestaurantsCA
this year’s 6.3% federal alcohol tax hike means an additional $30K per annum for the average casual dining restaurant-a number that is simply unachievable for most given the current state of Canada’s hospitality sector.
#HereForBeer
#FreezeBeerTaxesNow
We are thrilled that on Wednesday, a legendary national icon will take to the nation’s airwaves to support an immediate freeze on beer taxes. Who will it be?
#HereForBeer
#CanadianIcon
At a time of peak inflation & high interest rates the Government of Canada announced a 6.3% increase on federal beer taxes effective April 1st, the largest beer tax increases imposed on Canadians in 40 years. Visit to ask MPs to
#KeepBeerAffordable
On April 1st, Ottawa will be rising federal beer taxes by 6.3% unless MPs take action. At a time when Canadians are facing sky-high inflation and raising interest rates, this definitely qualifies as April the worst!
#HereForBeer
#Budget2023
is tomorrow. Faced with already high tax rates, increased operating costs & depressed sales volumes, an April 1st 6.3% inflation-based federal beer tax increase would be a punch in the gut for many brewers & hospitality sector.
#HereForBeer
#FreezeBeerTaxesNow
It’s time the
#Ontario
govt stabilizes beer taxation policy by eliminating annual automatic beer tax increases to support Ontario’s brewers, on-premise, tourism & hospitality industry. Read the latest from
@OntarioCofC
's
@roccorossiTO
in
@TheTorontoSun
#ON
Strained consumer purchasing power forecasted to mean empty tables for many Canadian restaurants, particularly in licensed full-service venues. To help let’s stop Ottawa’s April 1st nearly 5% beer tax hike.
@RestaurantsCA
#HereForBeer
#cndpoli
Good day, our topic today: Bob & Doug McKenzie are back! We are ecstatic the McKenzie brothers have joined our
#HereForBeer
community to help stop Ottawa’s upcoming 6.3% beer tax hike. Visit to hear the ads and share your support
#BobandDougMcKenzie
Brewers subject to higher operating costs & interest rates due to global inflation should not be subject to a made-in-Canada federal beer tax hike on April 1st. HoC
#FINA
& majority of MPs are asking
@cafreeland
&
@JustinTrudeau
to freeze beer taxes.
#HereForBeer
#cndpoli
At 46%, almost half of beer's retail price are taxes today in Canada, the highest rate in the G7. Japan, with the 2nd highest rate, will reduce their beer taxes in October 2023 and in 2026. The Canadian government is set to raise beer taxes by 6.3% on April 1st.
#HereforBeer
The Government of Canada will be tabling its 2023 Budget in Parliament in the next few weeks. There is still time to ask your local MP to support Bob & Doug's freeze on beer taxes & help keep beer affordable. Visit to to connect with your MP &
@cafreeland
Canadian brewers of all sizes & regions, restaurateurs, consumers, farmers, maltsters, unions, nonprofits, Chambers of commerce, the all-party HoC Finance committee have all added their voice to the iconic Bob & Doug to
#FreezeBeerTaxesNow
in
@cafreeland
#Budget2023
#HereForBeer
Beer is as Canadian as, well as Canadian as Bob & Doug McKenzie! 88% of the beer enjoyed by Canadians is made here by fellow Canadians from locally grown barley & other grains. Canadians love their beer & appreciate the positive role it plays in bringing us together.
#HereForBeer
Canada already has the highest beer taxes in the G7. A freeze is not a tax reduction, it’s not a cut, it’s not a handout. It’s just saying
@cafreeland
let’s freeze the rates right now in
#Budget2023
given the country’s unique circumstance.
#cdnpoli
Canadians are proud of contribution made to local communities by breweries. Local beer supports jobs from the farmers’ field to the taproom. Will
#Budget2023
make life more affordable & create good middle-class jobs or will it impose the largest beer tax increase in 40 years?
It's International Beer Day! Canada’s brewers are proud to be a part of an amazing international fraternity of beer producing nations. Canadians have access to a broad range of styles from Altbier to Witbier brewed locally or imported. Cheers! 🍻
#InternationalBeerDay
#Beer
We are extremely grateful that members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance recognized that Canadian consumers and businesses can’t afford and don’t support new taxes on beer during these very challenging economic times
#HereForBeer
🚨 We are officially 7 days away from
#CanadianBeerDay
! This is your chance to celebrate Canadian beer & the people who brew it, sell it, deliver it, serve it and drink it. Visit to learn more, get involved, and download social assets for the big day! 🍻
#Budget2023
needs to STOP the automatic inflation-index 6.3% federal beer tax hike before it takes another bite out of all of us. Time to give back MPs a voice on beer taxes.
#HereForBeer
#cndpoli
REMINDER: Only 28 days in February. Canada is now one month from the biggest federal beer tax increase in 40 years. On April 1st, the federal government is set to increase beer taxes by 6.3%. Make your voice heard & ask your local MP to freeze beer taxes now!
#HereForBeer
"Any increase at this very vulnerable time for our industry is just another blow while we're down," said Brenda O’Reilly, owner of restaurants & a brewery in St. John's, N.L. Restaurants & bars are bracing for the biggest alcohol tax jump in 40 years.
Canadian Beer Day 2023 is now 2 months away! October 4th is the day beer lovers across the country join together to celebrate what Canadian beer means to them, from their favourite brewer, pub, server, bartender, retailer or brand. Get ready to share your love!
#CanadianBeerDay
The decision by Ontario Finance Minister
@PBethlenfalvy
to freeze Ontario beer taxes until at least 2026 is fabulous news for brewers of all sizes, consumers & our hospitality & tourism partners. It’s a welcomed commitment to stability amid an affordability crisis for many
In
@TheHillTimes
, Gaurav Sharma, President of the Canadian Union of Brewery & General Workers Local 325 asks
@cafreeland
to preserve Canadian jobs and support middle-class families by cancelling the upcoming beer tax hike.
Beer sales are a key profit driver for hospitality sector, with year-to-date to April 2023 on-premise beer sales volumes up 35% from a year ago, but 15% - 20% below pre-pandemic volumes.
@RestaurantsCA
CHARLEBOIS: Canadian restaurant industry’s revival
Canadians are struggling with cost-of-living increases not experienced in generations. Will
#Budget2023
push through 6.3% federal beer tax hike, the largest in 40 years, or will
@cafreeland
put a temporary pause on hikes to give hospitality, brewers & consumers chance to recover?
“A challenging economic environment combined with another tax increase will mean a bunch more breweries, unfortunately, shutting their doors.” It’s not too late for Parliament to reverse
@CanRevAgency
4.7% beer tax hike.
#HereForBeer
A few tips to ensure beer stays fresh & flavourful for as long as possible: Keep it cool (ideally 7-13°C), avoid light, store it upright, and don’t shake it. It is also best to store for a limited time and chill before serving. Cheers!
#BeerTips
#Beer
Fuggle hops, a beloved English variety, have a rich history & earthy character, they bring a touch of traditional charm to our beers. They add a distinctive flavour that enhances a wide range of beer styles, from English ales to Porters, Milds & Bitters. 1/2
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we raise our glass to the women making a positive contribution to Canadian brewing, including the farmers, maltsters, microbiologists, engineers, brewers. From grains-to-glass we all benefit from their passion.
#HereforBeer
#IWD2023
Minister
@cafreeland
’s
#FES
fails to provide needed relief from upcoming 4.7% beer tax hike making life less affordable for hard working Canadians and undermining support for brewery and hospitality workers.
#cndpoli
#HereforBeer
Oxygen plays a crucial role in brewing, but balance is key. It's a delicate dance between flavour & freshness. During fermentation, yeast needs it to reproduce & create desired flavours. Once fermentation is complete, exposure to oxygen can lead to off flavours & staleness.1/2
Nearly 50% of the price of beer in Canada are already taxes, the highest rate in all G7 countries. We are calling on MPs of all parties to come together & stop the upcoming nearly 5% beer tax hike to support the 149,000 Canadians jobs dependent on local beer production,
Today, in celebration of National Book Lovers Day, we have compiled a list of four of our favourite books that we think any beer lover can appreciate.
#NationalBookLoversDay
#BookLovers
📚🍻
#DYK
British publicans developed the Nonic Pint in the ’60s. The bulge in the glass provides additional strength & keeps the rim from chipping (no nick!). It also provides a good grip, preventing the glass from slipping out of the hand. 1/2
Can beer be aged? Yes, but not all beer styles are suitable for aging. Some beer styles that can benefit from aging are high ABV beers like barley wines, imperial stouts, strong ales. When aging beer, it is important to store it in a cool, dark place & avoid light, heat & oxygen.
Happy
#NationalPieDay
! After taxes Canadian brewers have about 50% of the retail price to produce, market, deliver and promote their brands. Canada already has the highest beer taxes in the G7 and Ottawa is planning on another nearly 5% tax hike on April 1st.
#HereForBeer
The upcoming federal beer tax hike will make it harder for brewers of all sizes to create local jobs and it will stifle creativity and growth in our vibrant Canadian beer scene.
#HereForBeer
It’s Canadian Beer Day! Cheers to
#CanadianBeer
& the people who brew it, sell it, deliver it, serve it, or drink it. Celebrate with us by tagging your favourite Canadian brewer, brewery, brand, server, retailer, or venue.
#HereForBeer
#CanadianBeerDay
Mashing is where grains & hot water combine, creating a porridge-like mixture. Grains, primarily barley, lend their starchy goodness to the mix, while hot water activates enzymes that convert those starches into fermentable sugars.
It's a near-magical transformation process!
Curious about how our Bob & Doug McKenzie Stop the federal beer tax hike radio campaign came together? Listen to creative director & industry veteran Larry McInnis on
@TedWoloshyn
podcast as he takes you behind the scenes!
#HereForBeer
#BobandDougMcKenzie
Let's dive into the world of cask-conditioned ale! Unlike traditional beers served from kegs or bottles, cask beer undergoes a secondary fermentation process right in the container, called a cask. 1/2
Justin Trudeau is set to increase both the carbon tax and taxes on alcohol on April 1st.
Conservatives call on this Liberal-NDP government to cancel the tax hikes. After 8 years, Trudeau is not worth the cost.
At Finance committee I introduced a motion calling on the
Brewers, unions, consumers, farmers, retailers & hospitality united in our call for a freeze or cap on next year’s 4.7% inflationary federal beer tax hike.
#affordability
#cndpoli
#HereForBeer
Have you tried Nitro Beer? It is a style of beer carbonated with nitrogen gas instead of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas used in most beers. It results in smaller bubbles, giving the beer a smooth, creamy texture with a thick, frothy head.
#Beer101
#NitroBeer
#Beer
To all Canadians of Irish heritage, and all those who aspire to be at least one day a year, Happy St. Patrick's Day! If you are going out, plan a safe way home.
#CelebrateResponsibly
#StPatricksDay
It’s no
#AprilFools
joke. Starting today, the automatic escalator tax on
#beer
will happen in perpetuity every year, with no votes or discussion in
#cdnparl
. If you disagree with this, write your MP, sign & share our petition to
#axethebeertax
at
#cdnbeer