Ontario moving closer to reforming alcohol sales, special adviser to release recommendations

An impending report comes as other parts of the alcohol business have been urging Mr. Ford’s Progressive Conservative government to liberalize the industry well beyond the campaign promise on beer and wine.

Meanwhile, the government is locked in an escalating battle with the big, foreign-owned breweries that control the quasi-monopoly Beer Store. Beer-industry sources have warned that opening up a deal signed by the previous Liberal government in order to put beer in corner stores could cost Ontario hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties, force beer prices to rise and threaten 7,000 Beer Store jobs.

Alcanna has several different liquor chains and just opened a branch of its marijuana arm, Nova Cannabis, in Toronto; it is already gearing up for expansion. Earlier this month, it announced it had secured $70-million in bank financing for its new cannabis business and for new stores under its high-end Wine and Beyond banner, including locations in Ontario “if the Ontario government’s reform of liquor retail so permits.

Other lobbyists have also been bending the government’s ear. Jan Westcott, president and chief executive officer of the Association of Canadian Distillers, argues his members should be allowed to sell their whisky, vodka, gin or other hard liquor alongside beer and wine in corner, grocery and big-box stores. Asked about this idea, Mr. Hughes noted it was not something Mr. Ford’s government had promised.

Yes, of all the things that need reforming and improvement....alcohol sales ranks RIGHT UP THERE.

Poll says supported by eight percent of population get your head out of fords ass fidelli

Great. I can hardly wait until they get into the 20th century!

Cant wait for the unions to go apeshit

It’s such a priority after all, not like Stem cell research and such!

How much in penalties is this going to cost us, 1, 2, 3 hundred million.

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This could be very good for consumers.

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