A resolution sponsored by the Windsor Regional Chamber of Commerce to level the playing field for wineries has the full support of the Ontario Chamber.
At the annual convention of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce the resolution received 100 per cent support from delegates.
It calls for four major changes: eliminating the 35% import tax, eliminate the 6.1% retail tax on domestically made wine, ensure direct delivery of Ontario wine to new retail opportunities and not to trade the existing retail monopoly of the LCBO for a grocery chain oligopoly.
The Leamington Chamber of Commerce, Prince Edward County Chamber of Commerce, Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce, and Grimsby Chamber of Commerce all co-sponsored the resolution.
The document was developed with consultation from 17 local wineries.