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N IAGARA FAD - --
The City of Niagara Falls, Ontario
Resolution
February 28, 2012
No. 6
Moved by Councillor Wing
Seconded by Councillor Pietrangelo
WHEREAS Private member's bill C -311 has been introduced in the House of Commons to amend the
Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act (the "Act "), a law passed in 1928 to combat bootlegging; and
WHEREAS the Act makes it illegal to bring a bottle of wine from one province to another; and
WHEREAS many Canadian travelers may not realize that the Act prohibits them from bringing home
a bottle of wine while on vacation; and
WHEREAS Bill C -311 create a personal exemption from the Act to allow individuals to either directly
import, send, take or transport, or cause to be imported, sent, taken or transported wine only for
personal consumption.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Niagara Falls City Council indicate its support for Bill C -311
and notify the local Member of Parliament.
Carried Unanimously
AN The Seal the Corporation be hereto affixed. ..•
DEAN IORFIDA JAMES M. DIODATI
CITY CLERK MAYOR