I don't drink a lot of alcohol, but a while ago I wanted to experiment with using whisky as a vanilla extract substitute for baking.
Maybe the experience is different in Alberta from the rest of the country since there's no public liquor store, but while I was able to find Canadian-made whisky with ease, it was weirdly difficult finding any that were Canadian owned.
Like you take a look at the companies that own these brands and they're based in the U.S., U.K., Japan for some odd reason... You look online and can find locally-owned brands, but the trouble is finding them on store shelves.