Doug Ford announced plans for beer in convenience stores

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Published 2024-05-24
Alcohol sales in Ontario will be enhanced in grocery stores and expanded to convenience stores this summer, a year-and-a-half sooner than expected, following a deal that will see the Ontario government provide The Beer Store up to $225 million for the early rollout.

"We are delivering on our commitment to give consumers in Ontario the choice and convenience every other Canadian enjoys and we’re doing so even sooner than we had originally promised," Premier Doug Ford said in a statement Friday.

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All Comments (21)
  • @djmoot4428
    This is bull , there are better things to provide to the problem then alcohol, government should get their heads out of their asses and quit this marketing bullshit and get to things that matter.
  • @CritCommanda
    Citizens: Can you make living wages a policy? Doug Ford: No! But it's now easier to drink your sorrows away in your homeless encampment
  • @justinv548
    Breaking news: robberies at your local 7/11 have increased 10,000%
  • Beer in convienence stores more important than housing, education, and healthcare which are provincial jurisdiction. lol
  • @nicklambert6631
    What a complete waste of time and effort. And to what end? To further dilute a provincial revenue stream? To make it easier for alcoholics with DUIs to get their fix? Was going to the LCBO really that much of an imposition?
  • @vitaliy342
    Yeah, support alcoholism. Why don’t they say how many people have liver cirosis from alcohol, and that you need to wait 6 months to see a specialist. What a joke
  • @Joe-Tdot
    Convenience stores making it convenient for alcoholics
  • @mr8966
    So now instead of panhandlers at every LCBO and beer store, there will be one at every convenience store in your neighbourhood.
  • @WELLbethere
    Isn't this the same guy who came up with that "buck-a-beer" thing?
  • @Aphrx
    Doug Ford is constantly solving Ontario’s least important problems
  • @Optimistprime.
    I wish Ford would put this much focus on ACTUAL ISSUES that he does on beer. What a waste of time.
  • @tammyhaase7933
    When did alcohol and drugs become so important...maybe issues like healthcare, rehab,homelessness etc should be top of the agenda...not creating more problems
  • @ohErza
    I'd lobby for less liquor stores
  • @kidmohair8151
    oh look. DoFo is making it easier to get addicted to booze. and ahead of "schedule". but daycare? minimum wage? healthcare? education? .....
  • @Four20ftw
    A solution to a problem nobody asked for.
  • We don’t need more places to buy beer. We need affordable housing and lower interest rates. Oh ya and healthy food we can afford.
  • Doug can stop at the store and get a couple of beers for the drive home😂
  • @wqv5423ln
    And now the people of Ontario will be more MADD than ever ! DF just added fuel to the fire big time !