FFAW-Unifor says without rules protecting locally produced beer at Newfoundland and Labrador liquor stores, he fears Molson Coors would shut down its brewery in St. John’s, N.L.

“Opening up interprovincial trade of alcohol would have a very detrimental effect on the breweries that are here in Newfoundland and Labrador,” Mr. Farrell said in an interview Friday. “There’s no upside. You’d flood the market with trucked-in beer.”