How long is the LCBO strike really going to last?

[@lenp00]

During Covid, the LCBO was considered an essential service and was open for sales. I thought essential services were not allowed to strike???

[@mark_beastpriest5539]

Politics.

[@62Cristoforo]

There’s still booze available for the desperate at bars, restaurants, some grocery stores, wine shops and micro brew pubs. Restaurants and bars are still able to buy booze for their businesses.

[@thedon5810]

@@62Cristoforo and you can still order from the LCBO online with free shipping!

[@dawsonholdsworth5371]

​@@62Cristoforo Great! More reasons not to have a forced government monopoly on Alcohol distribution Just because the government can make money off it, doesn't make it right.

[@BobSunni-pc2jf]

@@dawsonholdsworth5371you’re takes pretty short sighted. The lcbo is one of Ontario’s last revenue generators for the province. Just under 3 billion a year. Roads, schools, healthcare etc. was bad enough when Wynn chopped up the casinos and hydro not to Mention the 407. But this is truly awful and will lead to privatized healthcare. Anyone who’s actually paying attention can tell you the same. Or a quick google search should clear things up, cheers.

[@loftymcdowell5789]

Shut the LCBO down. Put the bottle in stores

[@62Cristoforo]

Bad idea. Whose going to pay for our healthcare and education, genius? Most of that funding comes from the LCBO.

[@loftymcdowell5789]

Thanks for your kind words. You must be a Liberal?

[@loftymcdowell5789]

@62cristoforo. Get with the program

[@bonbonvegabon]

Beer and LCBo stores are all strong good paying union jobs here in Ontario. Thats why Ford the con wants to destroy that because cons love their poorly paid slave labourers #NEVERCON

[@rochester3]

@@62Cristoforo it will pay for itself when it gets put in other stores

[@rongraham1951]

LCBO is not the problem the problem is the greedy union representing the hard working employees

[@stevedenis8292]

They are not needed allow private stores to sell and let grocery store sell liquor. Cut all the excessive taxes on liquor and beer would be good too.

[@kenlompart9905]

The problem with that is you don't get near the selection, private stores and grocery stores don't have the room to stock what the LCBO stores have. A better solution is to privatize the LCBO stores.

[@62Cristoforo]

How will we pay for healthcare and education? Read a book

[@stevedenis8292]

@@kenlompart9905 Most people have specific brands they like and stores will try to get what is asked for.

[@dawsonholdsworth5371]

​@@62Cristoforo How do you feed yourself? Do you need or expect the government revenue to spoon feed it to you? How is that any different? The LCBO has no incentive to do it cheaper, and tons of variety is lost due to price restrictions that prevent more efficient business from selling their product under the value of a competitor at the LCBO.

[@MrWookie1981]

@@kenlompart9905 Nonsense. Alberta is private and you get way more selection than here.

[@Mykamania]

Grocery stores and beer stores still meeting my beer needs. This is LCBO's 1st and last strike. R.I.P Ford won't budge. 🍻

[@Tribuneoftheplebs]

I work at a liquor store in Alberta making minimum wage. Awesome job. Chillest I've ever had. Insane to strike over a job so easily replaceable at min wage.

[@bonbonvegabon]

@@Tribuneoftheplebs bahahah Beer and LCBo stores are all strong good paying union jobs here in Ontario. Thats why Ford the con wants to destroy that because cons love their poorly paid slave labourers #NEVERCON

[@Gman44324]

@@TribuneoftheplebsI think you’d be surprised at what lcbo tellers make. I do believe their salaries are made public.

[@scottcarey7725]

@@Tribuneoftheplebs Sounds more like a Dream job than anything.. lol

[@jacobross735]

@@Tribuneoftheplebssome lcbo clerks make over 30 an hour no wonder they’re striking lol

[@mark_beastpriest5539]

The decision has already been made, and fighting a battle that has already been lost.

[@rafial81]

Yeah the unionized monopoly has surpassed its time...

[@ianlassitter2397]

LCBO Union….Arguing about where the furniture should go while the titanic sinks. Bye bye.

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

Beer stores and after hour sellers making a killing.

[@Nivin-ut8zg]

The mark up at LCBO is insane, wine that sells in spain for 3.50 Euros sells in LCBO for $25

[@BDON]

The LCBO will still control the prices in big box stores. They do in the grocery stores.

[@timgutter2708]

Their skill set is stocking shelves right? And yet they go on strike.......truly an example of the Dunning Kruger effect where people with limited competence in a particular domain, (in this case alcohol, which sells itself) over estimate their abilities.

[@snowflakesfell4407]

not just that, alcohol is over taxed as it is, plus we have to pay someone out of our taxes $30 hour to scan bottles and cans. To this day lcbo has not put in a single self check out, while pretty much every other store has them these days...

[@jacobross735]

@@snowflakesfell4407that’s probably more to do with the fact that underage drinkers could probably bypass a self checkout fairly easily. And what is 30 bucks an hour now in Ontario? That’s hardly a living wage lol you make it sound like that is a killing or something. You can’t even afford a apartment by yourself in Ontario on 30 bucks and hour

[@snowflakesfell4407]

@@jacobross735 We have food basics near by and you can buy beer and wine using self check out, its been like that for years. They have a person that checks ids if they have to, I've never seen any issues there. $30 is still a good pay, don't forget you don't even need to finish high school to operate a cash register and put bottles on shelves. What's the point of going to universities and colleges then if you can save tons of money and make the same pay working at the lcbo?

[@jacobross735]

@@snowflakesfell4407 no you can’t I live in Ontario and you need to see a cashier to purchase alcohol. And because not everyone is striving to be a LCBO worker lol. You can make good money roofing or doing construction/trades which doesn’t require high school either but do you think the majority of people want to make a living that way? You go to school so you can have a comfortable career with flexibility that also pays well in a field that interests you.

[@snowflakesfell4407]

@@jacobross735 I am living in Northern Ontario and we don't need to see a cashier to purchase Beer and Wine at Food Basics , there is a person that comes over and checks your id at self check out, it's been like that for years LOL

[@hubertkaminski1812]

Just shut it down already, put alcohol on the shelves. Problem solved.

[@vc-cw1yp]

Its just so bizzare.. In 2024 Ontario still has government liquor stores. Alberta got rid of that in the 1990s. Jeez. Shut it down.. Lots of other places and companies willing to retail. Crazy

[@Chim__Richalds]

Hopefully everyone just switches over buying elsewhere.

[@ST-ty9ic]

Should be able to buy booze in grocery stores and corner stores. Don't know why we need to monopolize the sell of booze! Too bad LCBO! Thank goodness I live near Quebec...guess I'll be going to SAQ for some of my purchases lol

[@Jim-ku6ry]

@@ST-ty9ic not only grocery and corner stores. How about specialty store that cater to high end Scotches or other hard alcohol. Or shops that specialise in Sake. Owner operated with educated staff and great service. And actually provide a freaking bag to carry your purchases

[@ST-ty9ic]

@@Jim-ku6ry I completely agree. There would be so much benefit to this. The variety of products available to Ontarians/Canadians would increase greatly and what gets sold would not be controlled by one entity. And the barriers of industry entry would also lessen, it would also be a more competitive market. If I was an entrepeneur trying to make good drinks or alcohol, I could more easily enter the market. If I was a specialty store and wanted to order and sell something special from another country or from a local company, I could make that product available to consumers.

[@Jim-ku6ry]

@@ST-ty9ic yes exactly. Our system currently is completely restricted to free enterprise. This needs to change and quickly 👌

[@scottcarey7725]

go to those Quebec circle K's they sellin 60 pack cans for $48

[@Jim-ku6ry]

@@scottcarey7725 in a circle K in Hong Kong a 750 ml bottle of Absolute vodka costs about $18 CAD ...

[@arthurau9231]

The fact the LCBO is on strike while the Beer Store is still open for business proves that beer is better than wine.

[@dennisjohnston6508]

Self entitled government lackeys What real purpose does the LCBO actually serve It's antiquated it's a throwback from prohibition era Socialism and we're on a downward spiral the communism Free market capitalism the LCBO lackeys are afraid of competition in the marketplace

[@Sam19509]

We have been able to buy beer at grocery stores and on-site bottle shops at breweries for years. The LCBO is the exclusive retailer of premium spirits in the province. If it is on strike you have to leave provincial borders to buy.😂😂

[@dennisjohnston6508]

@@Sam19509 if you ever had the special pleasure of talking to some of these government lackeys They want job security What they're actually asking for is to maintain a Government monopoly 70% part-time employees They want to hire more full-time staff Job security that simply means a significant portion of their part-time staff will have to be laid off to accommodate full-time employees The government lackeys don't read They're striking for job security and want to lay off employees some of the people on the strike line are going to get laid off

[@atoaster2070]

You can still order online.

[@Buckle02]

Beer and wine are available in select groceries stores. Or breweries and wineries do sell thier product through thier own doors

[@demetriuskoitsopoulos8672]

Businesses will get the alcohol shipped from other provinces. There’s always a way around the strike.

[@dawsonholdsworth5371]

I can hear NDPers seething from the distance.

[@krisrooney2283]

That's illegal

[@freetimeflip6438]

​@@krisrooney2283id just go across the border so I can use the Duty free. Some people get gallon jugs of apple juice and fill it back up with whiskey. My grandma did that all the time

[@demetriuskoitsopoulos8672]

@@krisrooney2283 maybe true but there’s always way under the radar. Your telling me every bar business is honest?

[@krisrooney2283]

@Buckle02 your not aloud to buy alcohol in another province and bring it to another province for commercial sale . Only personal consumption

[@HuatulcoGuy]

LCBO is shooting itself in the foot!

[@MrJackDaniels28]

Oh my! God forbid LCBO will actually have to deal with competition! What a new thing that must be for it to be this surprising to them

[@dh5040]

Is 413 a highway or Phatz Ford's weight????

[@Buckle02]

Like buying from distilleries, breweries and wineries have never been an option??? The LCBO is a product distribution centers, much like grocery stores (in which some are selling beer, wine and ciders themselves). LCBO workers are glorified grocery store workers, stock shelves, and checkout sales. How's it any different that Dave down at the corner store does the same?

[@rayray8687]

Pretty sure you can’t buy directly from a distillery in Ontario - wineries and breweries, yes, but distilleries, no. Please correct me if I’m mistaken.

[@Buckle02]

@rayray8687 Forty Creek in Grimsby sells online and on-site Murphys Law in Elmira does as well. These are ones just off the top of my head, fairly certain there are more

[@rayray8687]

@@Buckle02: I didn’t know that. I knew you could buy directly in some provinces but since Ontario usually lags behind the rest of Canada by a decade or two I guess I just presumed, lol. Thanks for the info!

[@mark_beastpriest5539]

They're Unionized, therefore they're paid more. And guess who's paying for it?

[@loftymcdowell5789]

@@Buckle02 well said.

[@ScotchOnyx]

LCBO hires refugees to process online orders while these goofs continue to go on strike.

[@dawsonholdsworth5371]

In this case, good on them for contributing. I feel like alot of newcomers get a bad wrap for not working. 10pts. What's the NDP gonna do when they come for your jobs.

[@static_Tricolor_camry]

They're working the same jobs the so-called lazy Canadians don't wanna do.

[@michaelanderson3096]

Privatization & Right to Work legislation are good labour policies.

[@life4youtoenjoy]

Who needs LCBO ? Let alcohol be sold at stores , works in Europe , no need special license , can buy it even at gas stations , but , but before some of you start to jump all over me , there is 0% alcohol tolerance when it comes to driving yes 0 , nada , nill .

[@62Cristoforo]

We all need the LCBO. This is how we fund health and education in this province.

[@dawsonholdsworth5371]

​@@62Cristoforo Seeing as we're already paying it through the LCBO. Why don't we pay it directly instead. Your acting like income and sales tax doesn't pay a cent. Just because I can attribute a tax with a social need, doesn't make the tax justified

[@life4youtoenjoy]

@@62Cristoforo How ? We pay taxes and what healthcare are we getting for those money ? Long , long waiting times no family doctors

[@ryanhill8567]

@@62Cristoforo if thats the case its not working because our health care in ontario sucks - so does the education system lol

[@TheAircool1]

​@@life4youtoenjoyThats bc Ontario sucks lol BC is far better with its healthcare system

[@chrisministerofsmartarsery3322]

Who are the traitors in the Canadian government?

[@TerryConspiracy420]

Thinking that the Liberal government is incompetent, is serious mistake. . Think diabolical. PM Trudeau's support for a World Economic Forum promoted Global Carbon Tax system that knowingly promotes unemployment, and knowingly creates economy crippling inflation for our nation , = ****ECONOMIC STAGFLATION**** by WEF design. Klaus Schwab made it clear years ago, World Economic Forum Great Reset Agenda success, first requires Canada and the USA . *"to become weaker domestically, and on the World stage".* Coincidence? Not a chance.

[@livee9641]

All traders all , waste of tax payers money

[@TerryConspiracy420]

PM Trudeau and NDP MP Singh, are both graduates of the World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders program. Finance Minister Freeland, has held a governing Trustee seat at the WEF board of directors table in Geneva, since 2019. Klaus Schwab boasts that 50% of Trudeau's Cabinet has been "penetrated" by pro-Globalism WEF Great Reset Agenda activists.

[@TerryConspiracy420]

A far more dangerous question to investigate is... *Who are the traitors in the Canadian Press?* . (my opinion) Can you say... Deliberate Omissions? Can you say... Deliberate Public Deception? Can you say... WEF Foreign Interference Public Inquiry? I can.

[@TerryConspiracy420]

@@livee9641 Thinking that the Liberal government is incompetent, is serious mistake. Think diabolical. PM Trudeau's support for a World Economic Forum promoted Global Carbon Tax system, that knowingly promotes unemployment, and knowingly creates economy crippling inflation for our nation , = ****ECONOMIC STAGFLATION**** by WEF design. Klaus Schwab made it clear years ago, World Economic Forum Great Reset Agenda success, first requires Canada and the USA . *"to become weaker domestically, and on the World stage".* PM Trudeau and NDP MP Singh are both graduates of the WEF Young Global Leaders program. Finance Minister Freeland herself, has held a governing Trustee seat at the WEF board of directors table in Geneva, since 2019. Coincidence? Not a chance.

[@Xylophone8]

Support your Unions!! ❤ listen to mainstream media, talking down workers rights!!

[@bryanbabiarz3598]

as someone who does not drink alcohol-not really affected-have pop at home and I am good-Beer Store is open-Ford should have waited till contract ran out-meh

[@deltanu3330]

Unionized Liquor employees did the same thing last summer in Manitoba. They were on strike for almost 4 weeks.

[@xSMOKExEMxALLx]

Where's the map that shows us where affordable housing & food is Dung Ford?

[@samg8012]

Ask trudeau. Housing prices and food prices are the result of federal failures.

[@CoolsBreeze]

@@samg8012 You're braindead stupid. Housing is first of all a municipal issue and then provincial and then federal.

[@samg8012]

@@zainfazal.3369 omg, you are so deep into the liberal kool-aid.

[@bonbonvegabon]

@@samg8012 bahahah housing is a provincial matter freedumie

[@bonbonvegabon]

@@samg8012 truth hurts freedummie

[@HiddenAdept]

Man this sucks cause Thornbury only sells their Elderflower and Blueberry Cider through LCBO for some reason.

[@andygrenn680]

I’m off the sauce…Drinking spring water and getting hammered everyday doing so!

[@ScotchOnyx]

So much about they are on strike because they want LCBO to be the exclusive seller of pre-mixed drinks like the white claw.

[@daredevil1956]

I'll go across the border to get what I want with more choices available. Better to privatize to small business and get rid of this antiquated way of doing this.

[@linaF5050]

Who care you can still buy online with LCBO no worries only shut down the the stores. Let them stand on picket line. LCBO still making money off people.

[@bigreddonk]

That one lady is wearing my grandma's couch cushions

[@royruddy3394]

They can stay out as long as they want as long as they offer delivery.

[@kenmcalpine2215]

I'm not a drinker, but, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that people who drink alcohol don't really care where they buy it. LCBO could be replaced with vending machines.

[@this_time_imperfect]

Could you imagine any other retail employees doing this? Their union is a cult that needs to be broken up.

[@darrens.e1118]

Welcome to the free market this is capitalism

[@62Cristoforo]

Nope.This is short-sighted greed by the super-wealthy elites who tell Ford what to do.

[@TheBrianFellows]

the LCBO price markup is insane. Stop the monopoly and open up the market for competitors. It's a win-win for small business retailers and consumers

[@whiskyboi312]

LCBO doesn't dictate provincial taxes or markup on alcohol, the government does. If you think that's changing you're in for a rude awakening. But yeah, go put thousands of people into poverty so you can get a Twisted Tea at Circle K you bozo.

[@apextroll]

You take the proposed wage gain in number of days and that is how long the strike lasts.

[@dh5040]

How much Government of Ontario money was wasted on Ford KZbin?????? Money for MRIs, nursing wages?????

[@arthurau9231]

Who cares, Beer Store better than LCBO because BEER is better than wine.

[@iezgi]

What a dumb comment- lol

[@JohnnyBagvieGolf]

there's no way wine is better than Pepsi. Anybody seen my ring dings?

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

You can also go to Wine Rack.

[@Adrian802]

Or go for a booze run to Niagara or Stoufville 😁. Don't forget to bring lots of ice packs and a good cooler.

[@MrNotoriousROB]

Spirits are better than BEER

[@devontoombs4141]

JUST DONT DRINK! EASY 😂😂

[@scottcarey7725]

Too hard

[@RyanRussell-h6m]

Overpaid cashiers. Grocery store workers work way harder for less pay.

[@bonbonvegabon]

Beer and LCBo stores are all strong good paying union jobs here in Ontario. Thats why Ford the con wants to destroy that because cons love their poorly paid slave labourers #NEVERCON

[@xeero24]

Remember when we could by booze but not underwear? Fire them all and get out of the booze business

[@Jim-ku6ry]

Drop this monopoly. I spend 6 months of the year in Hong Kong. Alcohol sales are private. There are specialty stores all over the place that are open till 1am. It's not limited to convenient stores and crocery stores. And I could go to a 7-11 at 3am and buy a bottle of scotch if I wanted to. Also go into that same store and buy a beer, find a nice park bench and sip away. There are not mass alcoholic issues and there is very little dui. I love that city. Makes Toronto look like a pissy little dump hole

[@whiskyboi312]

Why don't you stay in Hong Kong then? If you're well off enough to live there why stay in Canada and complain?

[@Jim-ku6ry]

@@whiskyboi312 because I have the right to... I am 5th generation Canadian and my grand kids are 7th. I am tired of seeing my country go to shite. We deserve so much better but get less every day. Time for a change pal

[@kniknayme9865]

health care sucks. roads suck - Lets concentrate on booze availability.

[@thebluecat343]

Lets strike to not put bottles in stores, looks like we need to put them in since you wont sell it anymore. Whats there logic here? Or am I missing something

[@jessicacolgrave4082]

This comments section confirming how bad education is in Ontario my god

[@scottcarey7725]

*How bout some government funding for Animal humane societies across Ontario*

[@rochester3]

the workers are the only losers in this case

[@willyhwang1059]

2 minutes ago Let’s ask those passengers affected by WestJet strike how they feel about monopoly and oligopoly vs perfectly competitive marketplace

[@AldoGucci-x1w]

AI robots dont strike. Make more AI robots.

[@teresawilson3893]

The6 don’t hav3 this monopoly in the USA why do we need it?

[@rolandoalvarenga1049]

The only way the beer store would make there money Beer

[@ellendeleon8414]

6 months to 2 years

[@dotover9013]

Of course she ‘thinks about those restaurants’….

[@tinomoc9877]

Making alcohol way more accesible should not be priority for ontario, doug ford closed the science centre now hes closed the LCBO

[@dotover9013]

Sell the LCBO for scrap.

[@dennisjohnston6508]

@@dotover9013 we don't need any more government self-entitled overpaid government lackey's we have enough as it is 9000 employees 70% of which work part-time Similar to the politicians in Ottawa

[@goodnightmunchie]

​@@dennisjohnston6508pay them 🧐🚬

[@kenlompart9905]

Better yet privatize it.

[@dennisjohnston6508]

@@kenlompart9905 The LCBO lackey's are literally protesting against free market capitalism and Beauty part about it is they don't even realize it

[@bonbonvegabon]

NO

[@Lora-x1x]

** THANK YOU FORD....WE ARE ADULTS - CLOSE THE RUBBISH MAFIA LBCO....PLEASE !!!! **....WE NEED MORE CHOICES ....

[@rosieone5670]

How Long ? Long enough that any LCBO employee gain will be lost in wages on the picket line. I Love❤ 0.0 beer and 0.0 flavoured cocktails. Need a buzz, do a “Mary Jane” edible and a 0.0 Heineken or Corona Sun brew or Guinness 0.0 to name but a few excellent options.

[@tonyalves8823]

Hahahahahahahaha bye bye LCBO. You made your bed. STOP THE MONOPOLY

[@AmanSS890]

Just go elsewhere for your liquor people should just make there own alcohol at home screw these big name brands. Or just buy your liquor online from a different liquor store. There job is to stack the shelves that don’t pay much . Want more money get a better job that pays more 🤷‍♀️. By your liquid some where else this will hurt LCBO

[@ianlassitter2397]

Another government funded union weighing down taxpayers with more government staff. Your time has come bye bye. Time to support retailers in Ontario like the rest of Canada.

[@fireofhislove3395]

The LCBO profits from alcoholics drinking themselves to death. Their money comes from the lives they've destroyed and the families they've torn apart. Ontario should also stop making money from gambling addiction as well.

[@kenlompart9905]

Most people who enjoy an alcoholic beverage aren't alcoholics and most people who go to casinos don't have a gambling problem, we shouldn't outlaw things just because a small minority of people can't control themselves.

[@JohnP-x3r]

@@kenlompart9905 Casinos make the majority of their money from a small group of problem gamblers.

[@dawsonholdsworth5371]

@@fireofhislove3395 We don't ban cars because few speed. I understand you personal stance. But if we restrict, people will circumvent the system with unhealthier options that have little standards for consumers wellbeing

[@flynn4838]

Irrelavant.....stills and bootlegging will make a comeback.

[@barrydunham896]

Get rid of the lcbo. Go private

[@natwel1544]

So we can’t drink at home? It is the safest place to be drunk.

[@kenlompart9905]

Who said you can't drink at home?

[@mikebowers7719]

LCBO your time is over.Good bye.

[@rafial81]

Go bankrupt already.. Biggest monopoly on earth. 😂

[@donnarocha4043]

Thank you Mr.Ford , i will never vote for the liberal, ndp party provincial or federal tax tax tax destroying Canada, I love Canada ❤️ 🇨🇦

[@grantchow13]

It’s call capitalism and free enterprise. I could never make the mo

[@ReganRobertByrne]

🤪😜🤣😎🍺

[@rochester3]

the workers need LCBO more than LCBO needs the workers🤣🤣

[@PrettycoolRYEGUY]

GET BACK TO WORK!!!!!!

[@xeero24]

Remember when we could by booze but not underwear? Fire them all and get out of the booze business

[@kenlompart9905]

If you're talking about Sunday shopping beer and liquor stores were closed too but stupidly bars were allowed to open.

[@bonbonvegabon]

Beer and LCBo stores are all strong good paying union jobs here in Ontario. Thats why Ford the con wants to destroy that because cons love their poorly paid slave labourers #NEVERCON