Bill 50 explained in plain English
Supporting Wine Jobs and Growth in the Niagara Region Act, 2018
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 3rd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Supporting Wine Jobs and Growth in the Niagara Region Act, 2018 amends the Alcohol and Gaming Regulation and Public Protection Act, 1996 to exempt certain Ontario wines purchased at a winery retail store from a specific tax.
This bill, called the Supporting Wine Jobs and Growth in the Niagara Region Act, 2018, makes an amendment to the Alcohol and Gaming Regulation and Public Protection Act, 1996. It creates an exception to a tax for specific wine purchases made directly from a winery retail store located at a winery. The exception applies to purchases of Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) wine or Ontario wine, as long as the Ontario wine is not made with concentrated apple juice from apples grown outside of Ontario. The bill comes into effect on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Amends the Alcohol and Gaming Regulation and Public Protection Act, 1996.
- Adds a new subsection (1.0.1) to Section 27 of the Act.
- Creates an exception to a tax for certain wine purchases made at a winery retail store.
- Specifies that the exception applies to Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) wine and Ontario wine (with a condition about apple juice origin).
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Wineries in Ontario.
- Consumers purchasing VQA wine or Ontario wine from winery retail stores.
- The Ontario government, regarding the administration of taxes related to wine sales.
- Winery retail stores selling VQA wine or specific Ontario wine are exempted from applying a tax under subsection 27(1) of the Act.
- Consumers purchasing eligible wine from a winery retail store will not have this specific tax applied.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- A tax set out in subsection 27 (1) of the Alcohol and Gaming Regulation and Public Protection Act, 1996, is not applied to certain purchases of wine from winery retail stores.
- The bill does not specify what happens if Ontario wine is produced with concentrated apple juice from apples grown outside of Ontario; it only states that such wine is not covered by the exception.
- The specific tax referred to in subsection 27(1) is not detailed within this bill text, only that an exception is being made.
This bill amends the Act by adding a new provision that creates an exception to a tax for certain wine purchases made directly from a winery retail store. The exception applies to specific types of Ontario wine.
Source: Section 1
A new subsection (1.0.1) is added to Section 27, which establishes an exception to the tax described in subsection (1) for purchases of VQA wine or Ontario wine (meeting specific criteria) from a winery retail store located at a winery.
Source: Section 1
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