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Alberta’s beer policies continue to leave taxpayers with a bitter aftertaste, amid mounting bills to fight lawsuits, trade disputes and a judge’s order to pay more than $2 million in restitution to out-of-province brewers.

But those expenses could be chump change in the bigger beer brouhaha.

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Here’s a number that should catch the eye of Finance Minister Joe Ceci: $100 million.

Toronto-based law firm Rochon Genova LLP has filed a proposed class-action case in Calgary against the province, and the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission over its policies regarding craft beer.

It’s seeking $100 million in restitution.

A statement of claim filed in Court of Queen’s Bench in Calgary says the Notley government’s “discriminatory and unlawful price markups” for beer impaired the sale of Canadian suds manufactured outside Alberta but sold inside the province.

“Out-of-province craft beer producers and their agents … suffered economic deprivation from the illegal markups and related measures because they resulted in an effectively higher price for their beer in Alberta,” the document states.