The beer scene in Canada has changed a lot over the past 20 years or so. There used to only be a few premium domestic beers that were essentially mass produced factory beers. Then there was an explosion of micro breweries that popped up over a short period of time. So now we have a lot of different beers being made in much smaller batches and generally at a much better quality.
I haven't had a Richard's red in quite a while, probably over 10 years now that i think of it, but that used to be my beer of choice for a while.