Ontario keeps paying Beer Store agreement as alcohol revenue falls
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Ontario keeps paying Beer Store agreement as alcohol revenue falls
Description
May 17, 2025
The Ford government has paid the privately-owned Beer Store almost two-thirds of the $225 million it promised the company to reduce the layoffs from alcohol liberalization, new figures released along with the budget show. Isaac Callan digs into the numbers and looks at how the LCBO will also be squeezed.
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Ontario keeps paying Beer Store agreement as alcohol revenue falls03:58 | May 17, 2025 -
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Focus Ontario: FOI Fiasco24:01 | March 14, 2026 -
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Ontario keeps paying Beer Store agreement as alcohol revenue falls03:58 | May 17, 2025
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Focus Ontario: Rising Early and Returning Late23:00 | June 6, 2026
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Focus Ontario: Harmony Short-lived23:00 | May 30, 2026
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Focus Ontario: Reassessing Ontario’s Auto Strategy23:00 | May 23, 2026
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Focus Ontario: Policing and Private Jet Papers22:43 | May 16, 2026
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Focus Ontario: Opposition to the Opposition23:00 | May 9, 2026
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Focus Ontario: Trustee Turmoil22:22 | April 18, 2026
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Ontario’s evolving explanation for how it accidentally released 150 inmates04:12 | April 18, 2026
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Focus Ontario: Hospitals Ask For Help22:59 | April 11, 2026
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Liberal Hospitals Critic on system status05:46 | April 11, 2026
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Focus Ontario: Dec. 1324:18 | December 14, 2025
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Ontario keeps paying Beer Store agreement as alcohol revenue falls
Description
May 17, 2025
The Ford government has paid the privately-owned Beer Store almost two-thirds of the $225 million it promised the company to reduce the layoffs from alcohol liberalization, new figures released along with the budget show. Isaac Callan digs into the numbers and looks at how the LCBO will also be squeezed.
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