The province says NLC will sell off its inventory of American products and donate the net profit to the Community Food Sharing Association.

Approximately $3.2 million worth of product was removed from NLC store shelves in February in response to punishing tariffs and economic threats made against Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The province today provided $500,000 to the Community Food Sharing Association, with a grand total of $1-million expected pending the sale of the product.

The Community Food Sharing Association distributes food to approximately 60 food banks province-wide and serves more than 15,400 people including 4,700 children under that age of 18 every month.

Demand for food bank services is up approximately 44.1 per cent since 2019.

Customers can expect to start seeing American products back on NLC shelves tomorrow.

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The provincial government has called a news conference for this afternoon to provide an update on the $3.2 million dollars worth of American alcohol and liquor products sitting in storage.

The products were yanked from NLC shelves after economic policies imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump sparked a trade war between Canada and our neighbours to the south.

Some provinces have since relented and are selling products once again, while others, like Nova Scotia, have decided to return the products to store shelves with the proceeds going to charity.

Finance Minister Craig Pardy will be joined by NLC CEO Bruce Keating for an update today at 1:30 at the Community Food Sharing Association.

VOCM News will be there.