Mark Hicken

• B.C. antiquated liquor laws under fire by Canada’s Commissioner of Competition

  Canada's competition watchdog is warning that British Columbia's liquor laws are out dated, anti-competitive and should be changed.

  Politics

  Jan 17, 2019
  
• Cheaper wine at restaurants? Proposed liquor policy change could make it happen

  Currently, bars and restaurants pay the same price for a bottle of wine as customers at a government liquor store.

  Jun 23, 2018
  
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• How a court case may open the way to cheaper beer in the province next door

  A bewildering set of rules - and wildly varying prices - complicates Canadians' relationship with their beer. But a New Brunswick case has the potential to simplify things. The key? A little-known clause of the Constitution.

  Canada

  Sep 14, 2016
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• Reality check: Does making booze harder to buy make people safer?

  Ontario's announcement this week that it plans to sell certain kinds of beer in select grocery stores starting three months from now came as good news to some, but it also raised public health alarm bells.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2015