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October 6, 2008

Canada: SAQ sells several brands according to their online catalogue



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*[[Alberta]], and [[Nova Scotia]] allow 10 mg/kg thujone.
*[[Alberta]], and [[Nova Scotia]] allow 10 mg/kg thujone.
*[[Manitoba]] allows 6-8 mg thujone per litre.<ref>[http://www.liquormartsonline.com/e/ins-products-display.shtml?pfl=products-search.param&op2.sf=absinthe&op2.so=all&op4.rf1=1&op4.rt1=25} Manitoba's Liquor Marts Online. Our Products. (site search for "absinthe"]</ref>
*[[Manitoba]] allows 6-8 mg thujone per litre.<ref>[http://www.liquormartsonline.com/e/ins-products-display.shtml?pfl=products-search.param&op2.sf=absinthe&op2.so=all&op4.rf1=1&op4.rt1=25} Manitoba's Liquor Marts Online. Our Products. (site search for "absinthe"]</ref>
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*[[Quebec]] The government wine and spirit shops (SAQ) sell two brands: Absente and Versinthe, both deprived of thujone.
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*[[Quebec]] The government wine and spirit shops (SAQ) sell several brands.
*[[New-Brunswick]] NB Liquor only sells Absente, which has no thujone.
*[[New-Brunswick]] NB Liquor only sells Absente, which has no thujone.
*All other provinces do not allow the sale of absinthe containing thujone (although, in [[Saskatchewan]], one can purchase any liquor, with a minimum of one case, usually 12 bottles x 750 ml or 8 x 1L). Individual liquor boards must approve each product before it may be sold, and currently only Hill’s Absinth, Czech Absinth s.r.o., Elie-Arnaud Denoix, Pernod, Absente, Versinthe and, in limited release, [[La Fée Absinthe]] are approved.
*All other provinces do not allow the sale of absinthe containing thujone (although, in [[Saskatchewan]], one can purchase any liquor, with a minimum of one case, usually 12 bottles x 750 ml or 8 x 1L). Individual liquor boards must approve each product before it may be sold, and currently only Hill’s Absinth, Czech Absinth s.r.o., Elie-Arnaud Denoix, Pernod, Absente, Versinthe and, in limited release, [[La Fée Absinthe]] are approved.

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