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.
- LCBO revenue drops below $2B for 1st time in a decade after alcohol liberalization
- New Beer Store locations set to be shuttered, union fears more closures will follow
- Ontario, N.S. won’t bring U.S. alcohol back as other provinces relent