The provincial government is appealing the cross-border booze ruling that came down back in April.
Provincial court judge Ronald Leblanc struck down the provincial law on making it illegal to buy alcohol in another province and bring it back to New Brunswick.
A Tracadie man, Gerard Comeau, launched a constitutional challenge after he was caught in a police sting and charged for crossing from Quebec into New Brunswick with 14 cases of beer and three bottles of liquor in 2012.
The Canadian Constituion Foundation supported Comeau saying New Brunswick’s excuse for legally forcing its residents to shop at government liquor stores with inflated prices was that it needed the money is not a good enough reason to violate the constitution.
