Rempel funds academic wine research following lobbying from embattled industry

Photo courtesy of the University of British Columbia
At Friday afternoon's announcement of Western Economic Diversification Canada funding were, from left: Ezra Cipes, BC Wine Institute Director, chair of the BC Wine Appellation Task Group and CEO of Summerhill Winery; Ron Cannan, Kelowna-Lake Country MP; Prof. Deborah Buszard, UBC's Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UBC Okanagan; Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification; Prof. Roger Sugden, Dean of UBC’s Faculty of Management; and John Skinner, chair of Terroir BC and proprietor of Painted Rock Estate Winery.
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