The Liquor Control Board of Ontario went even further, barring its members from ordering American alcohol. Because the LCBO sells upwards of $1 billion in American liquor each year, the move has raised alarm for U.S.-based spirit makers like Jack Daniel’s parent Brown-Forman.

“That’s worse than a tariff,” said Lawson Whiting, chief executive of Brown-Forman, on the Kentucky-based company’s earnings call this month. “It’s literally taking your sales away.”

I would really like to know who Mr Whiting and his colleagues voted for