Premier Doug Ford is turning heads with this LCBO alternatives campaign

Sid, Meredith and Devo chat about Doug Ford making a video showing Ontarians the other options they have to purchase alcohol.
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[@XetaXones]

If only he had this much initiative for our crumbling healthcare system

[@PaulJHawkinsJr]

He is. Eating at home is a healthier and cheaper option than eating out fried meals before the 30% tip.

[@dh5040]

Too busy, still three more months of vacation for Phatz Ford......................do LCBO workers have 3 months paid vacation????

[@lamontcranston3177]

Ford is actively destroying OHIP and replacing our Canadian health care with American style for-profit quackery.

[@XetaXones]

@@johncowper7982 doesnt mean he can add to the problem and use volume as a cover

[@lamontcranston3177]

Ford is deliberately destroying OHIP. He wants Ontario healthcare to become an American style nightmare. He's already begun and the complaints of malpractice are stacking up.

[@kathleenanner]

An interactive map of where to get affordable groceries would be cool.

[@anovosedlik]

AGREED!

[@XetaXones]

So true, or a family doctor like the union leader said

[@rafial81]

This is coming from a monopoly that sells alkohol Alkohol known to cause cancer and death..

[@jackripper9655]

Trudeau should be in charge of that.

[@kathleenanner]

@@jackripper9655 well he's not. So.

[@joes5192]

Why is the LCBO even public? There's no reason they should be operating as a government monopoly. Many of us would love to see the alcohol industry run similarly to the marijuana industry.

[@Cosmic.cougar]

He’s twining with his brother Rob😂

[@lamontcranston3177]

Doug needs to join his brother.

[@ffedurch]

You do know Doug doesn't drink, right? It is common knowledge, after all. At least to those of us that aren't wearing red blinders.

[@lamontcranston3177]

@@ffedurch BULL SH*T. We all saw the photo of Doug in his office with a mickey of Alpine Vodka on the shelf behind him IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. Was he hiding that for Robby? The entire Ford family is a mess, from addictions to murder. Do some reading.

[@BiGDuke6Actual]

@@lamontcranston3177 *AGREED* - second thumbs-up...

[@BiGDuke6Actual]

@@lamontcranston3177 Rob got to be exactly where he deserves to be and you're right; cholesterol-choked Dougie really oughta try harder to join 'em..

[@mariainspireart2652]

I cant wait till you all have to pay $10 bucks for a beer! Who will have the last laugh 😃 me!

[@ianbenjiman]

@@mariainspireart2652 that makes no sense. Why would this policy raise prices?

[@lamontcranston3177]

These anti union suckers don't get that. They think American society is something to aspire to.

[@MidnightRambler]

its insane these min wage workers want 50 bucks plus..just sell the damn thing

[@amandarowe5784]

And we as tax payers paid for this!!??

[@lamontcranston3177]

Good point. We even pay for his lies.

[@lrmguitars1224]

Don’t worry any money you have left your buddy Trudeau will take

[@lamontcranston3177]

@@lrmguitars1224 Trudeau will make sure I still have the health care Doug is trying to take away.

[@MidnightRambler]

yes and state monopoly of booze! insanity

[@lamontcranston3177]

@@MidnightRambler Move to America.

[@squidbeach]

He should focus on providing new initiatives, not taking away or cancelling existing services and pensions. Where can I find a family doctor? Why are there more weed dispensaries than Tim Hortons in my shift working city. Why can I find magic mushrooms for sale in my neighborhood but no transportation? Why do people hold cardboard signs in front of the local Walmart or stand outside my car while I am parallel parking downtown waiting for cash? Why is he demanding that lotto tickets be sold at LCBO? Is he just adding gambling to the mix? We can already buy wine and beer just about everywhere. Lets have Costco and grocery stores focus on food - we don't need to buy our vodka at Walmart.

[@squidbeach]

oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention the ~ 400 million dollars it will cost to cancel the existing contract.

[@mocat1]

… and if the cashier is under 19, you’ve got to wait for someone of age to ring it through. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@BraxtonvanEssen]

transportation is a Municipal issue, we live in a free society we should have the right for private business to sell vodka it would be a better for a private business to indulge in vices like weed drinking and gambling rather then the ont Govt using money on that to fund school and healthcare the govt will still make money off it just not as there business, also high food prices are tied to federal legislation rather then provincial and half the things you said are non issue or pervasive issues for the last 100 years

[@squidbeach]

@@BraxtonvanEssen my father was an alcoholic and it nearly destroyed our family. he was an alcoholic until the day he died. Having hard liqueur for sale and easily accessible at every location which sells food is being naïve about how addiction works. this issue is about more than money or role of governments. for me its personal and doug ford doesn't give a damn. It is wrong.

[@guigram1124]

Governments shouldn't run any business or have any monopoly...

[@brettparnell8254]

It's simple why they have different messages for unions. One for those who make real money that we all want to see do better, and another message for those whose raises eat up taxpayers money

[@jonathanr6134]

Too bad they couldn’t make a similar app showing family doctors currently taking new patients. First alcohol.. Then he'll figure out healthcare and the school system..if dougie has time in between selling off Ontario's assets.

[@Sam19509]

I want Buck a Beer. Where can I get it or does that only apply to nonalcoholic root beer?

[@davidmack6365]

Wow sucking up liberal bullshit

[@rafial81]

Too bad most people hate the communist unionized monopoly

[@fredrickolsen838]

No kidding, I’ve been waiting 4 years on waiting lists to get a local family doctor. If you happen to live in a city, there are ways to find out who’s accepting new patients, but it is a labyrinth of searches and calls. Would love to have an App from the government on finding healthcare, could care less about finding liquor sales.

[@rafial81]

keep waiting because cheap communist abused health care will always be cheap it was even worse under Cathleen Wayne... It will be even worse with more communist policies

[@vannasoukphilavong6996]

Flipping burgers and hotdogs 😂😂😂

[@lambo2655]

If I was one of those truck drivers being held up for 30 mins for delivery & pickups I'd be pissed 😡

[@lamontcranston3177]

Booze increases the likelihood of robbery. To stay competitive the small business owner will be pressured to carry booze. This means the small business owner has the added expense and responsibility of security (e.g. bars on windows, surveillance cameras, alarm system, an in-store guard). In many neighborhoods, store owners will be forced to own a gun. You want to turn clerks into cops? You want to do all this damage rather than solve a labor dispute?

[@guigram1124]

Have you been outside Canada? where selling booze is the most common thing in the world?

[@lamontcranston3177]

@@guigram1124 Next door to a homeless encampment? North American cities are not European cities. So some of your brothers and sisters go on strike and that's all it takes for you to sell them out?

[@guigram1124]

@@lamontcranston3177 I think governments shouldn't run businesses or hold monopolies. It's not good for consumers or taxpayers.

[@lamontcranston3177]

@@guigram1124 Why is it "not good"?

[@guigram1124]

@@lamontcranston3177 this is so backwards. Anywhere in the world, you can easily find booze without a government paid store running a monopoly and it doesnt mean anywhere in the world there is more violence because of that. Monopolies make prices higher for consumers, and government run companies are a burden for taxpayers. And the argument that "revenues go to Government " is just a fraction that what it could be if it was private.

[@stephenwlodarczyk175]

Is it just me or is everyone getting fed up with the governments that exist??

[@rickb.341]

definitely going with other options.. LCBO is a monopoly and there needs to be competition... same with the airlines in Canada.. Canada needs to bring more competition in every sector.

[@JSK010]

Country that wants a North American lifestyle with European levels of socialism. Good luck with it.

[@henrygreenwood3927]

Seriously?! Ontario has so many crisis situations. Every small town and city has a tent encampment. T.F.W. are lowering wages, and taking entry level jobs from kids that are born here, and can't afford to live. Infrastructure failures due to massive population increases. Inflation, cost of living, small business going under, health care services deteriorating. You go on about how your premier cant flip a burger? Remember Ontario. You voted this guy in because you were voting the liberals out. Then the next time it was time to vote, he took all of his opponents away. How T.F. can Ontarians sleep at night. Knowing that they let this guy into politics. Grow T.F. up.

[@XetaXones]

Yea there is a lot more things to complain about. Im surprised how Ford isnt in the news more for everything he doesnt do as well

[@ianbenjiman]

@@henrygreenwood3927 still better than Kathleen Wynne, who nearly bankrupted the province due to reckless spending.

[@lrmguitars1224]

Vote for Crombie she will take any money you have left over after Trudeau is done with ya.

[@RossMunro-mf6ez]

Hey Doug you should make Marco Muzzo minister promoting more places to buy booze.Doug you should be forced to attend the victims family when a drunk driver kills another innocent victim.You encouraging more drunks in Ontario.

[@ffedurch]

And in other news, the sky is falling. Please tell me your hair is dyed electric blue. I have $20 riding in it.

[@BraxtonvanEssen]

lol he wants places other then the govt to sell booze and you cry its his fault

[@devoneckley3577]

such a great thing that they are opening up the liquor to the open market.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Catchwrekwitmycru]

Did he say "and-cluding"?

[@therealdoug1000]

He’s a complete moron.

[@Funguyforvids]

New age of negotiations!!.. lol... we dont need lcbo stores...

[@jacplanespotting314]

Love Sid's critique......NOT normal.....this commercial is either mindless entertainment, educational.....or (choose an appropriate insulting phrase....)

[@rternowski]

Nobody cares about LCBO anymore

[@derrickbraithwaite-mais8469]

Exactly 💯😂

[@rafial81]

Propaganda leftist news melting down

[@rafial81]

Alkohol causes cancer and death yet unions, propaganda news and leftist trying to relate that to improving the health care system.. How desperate is the left 😂

[@alexbosorogan7501]

There is room for everyone, I bet with you that LCBO will be able to retain better prices that any of their competitors for years to come. but at least this time they will be forced to keep in mind that they are not the only one on the market and they cant basically fix the prices.

[@rafial81]

Alkohol causes cancer and death, yet unions, propaganda news and leftist claiming that its there to fund a better health care system.. How desperate have the gotten

[@timdenommee4305]

Unserious premier. Like most of the country.

[@anovosedlik]

he's an idiot.

[@lamontcranston3177]

Doug is highly qualified. He failed in business but he's the brother of a famous crack smoking drunk so he gets the job.

[@rondo666]

Why doesn't Ford start carrying local beer and wine at the LCBO if he's really wants to help the little guy? What a clown!

[@lincolnlawyer9704]

Just watch where the money goes as Ford opens up liquor sales. A lot of big time PC supports want their piece of the alcohol sales. Of course this will lead to more alcohol related tragedies. They know this but don’t care. Also the revenues from the liquor sales at the LCBO will shrink, which will means more cuts in services. Nice!

[@BraxtonvanEssen]

where the sales shrink in the lcbo they are made back from taxes at the news stores

[@NewDivide705]

I guess no one has heard of Google Maps

[@FtMacMechanic1]

An interactive map to find a family doctor would be nice.

[@johncasey5594]

I look at books like "who moved my cheese" and "what color is you parachute", change is inevitable. While I have been on the receiving end of changes that impacted my job and I wasn't happy about it, it happens in life and you might as well get used to it sooner rather than later and learn to prepare for and protect yourself against it. For these workers to expect the government to change their initiative to protect their jobs, I am sorry is unreasonable. They are cry babies.

[@mvk4343]

You are brainwashed by the capitalists to accept your lot in life then.

[@chrisruth7057]

Ooh boy🤦Doug get off my lawn is at it again

[@Sam19509]

I hope those burgers are halal.😂😂

[@Sam19509]

@Guy1212-bj2my what?

[@Sam19509]

@Guy1212-bj2my you mean George Santos. Ford could never be a Jew he does not have Jewish hair. He is a natural blond.

[@dh5040]

Premier Participaction??? hahahahaha

[@NycktheDyck]

What’s worse Ford’s burger bun gaffe, or Chuck Schumer putting cheese on raw meat?!

[@rafial81]

This is coming from a monopoly that sells alkohol Alkohol known to cause cancer and death..

[@ianbenjiman]

@@NycktheDyck oh God, definitely the latter lol

[@lamontcranston3177]

What have burger buns or an American politician got to do with this?

[@BiGDuke6Actual]

TRICK QUESTION!! Obviously...it's FORD but for the sake of self-image; Dougie would most definitely put cheese on raw meat

[@rafial81]

Unionized monopolies are the worst for consumers

[@PaulJHawkinsJr]

Did he use Heniz or French's condimints

[@RebeccaBredin]

The fact that Sid critiqued the burger placement before the actual issue at hand is par for the course as of late. Support unions, eff Ford and his alcohol obsession. Nobody asked for this at all.

[@ffedurch]

Sid is to journalism as what Carrot Top is to comedy.

[@B-mu2fd]

You are not doing things for Ontario. Step down Doug Ford

[@adrianacosta1511]

Did he forget these are also voters whom are on strike

[@AllisonYYZ]

And the voters have family and friends who also vote. Doug has the same amount of brain cells equivalent to a gold fish.

[@CuddleCakez]

Fortunately there's a lot more customers than LCBO cashiers.

[@XetaXones]

Definitely need a change in leadership for the province. Do nothin Dougie is a trainwreck!

[@rafial81]

Alkohol causes cancer and death, yet unions, propaganda news and leftist claiming that its there to fund a better health care system.. How desperate have the gotten 😂

[@ianbenjiman]

Guys he is lowering prices on alcohol by introducing competition. Haven't you found alcohol prices at the LCBO a little crazy?

[@allyoopopp]

You can still put same taxes on booze without the LCBO. We took this antiquated model from the UK . They eliminated it 40 years ago....the sky didn't fall.

[@lincolnlawyer9704]

You might want to watch John Olivers take on Britain social services under 14 years of Tory rule. There NHS is in deep, deep crisis. I don’t think you are making big winning point, you think you are when you look at Britain.

[@allyoopopp]

@@lincolnlawyer9704 it would be their choice to tax liquor and what to do with that revenue stream... If in Canada they chose to continue taxing booze without the LCBO, they could still put it to the same benefit. If Britain chose not to tax or use wastefully that's on them.

[@nickyalousakis3851]

love dougie.

[@mark_beastpriest5539]

The LCBO have lost before the strike even began. Unfortunatelty, for fans of Whiskey and Rum, we're screwed....

[@Buckle02]

Distilleries are selling online..... Forty Creek(sells in the LCBO, has online and in person sales). Murphys Law in Elmira, moonshine and similar products has retail. Gretzky Winery and Distillery, sells out the door. There are options for whiskey and distilled products available, if willing to travel

[@XetaXones]

Im glad i dont drink!

[@ffedurch]

I hate to have to school 'The Four Wokesmen of the Apocalypse' (aka the always indignant BT squawking heads) about our province being the ONLY one still in the stone age not having alcohol available at grocery and corner stores, but here we are. Prohibition looks like it FINALLY may be over in Ontario. FINALLY, we will be treated like adults (queue the big one rolling her eyes and making a snooty '"hrumpf" sound).

[@mftnbeats]

We gotta stop letting monopolies have this much power in this day and age tbh.

[@CoolsBreeze]

So you want Loblaws and Walmart to have a bigger monopoly with distribution of alcohol in this province?

[@darrens.e1118]

Yes welcome to the free market, like they have in other provinces and the states. We don't need a liquor control board it's not the 1950s

[@CoolsBreeze]

@@darrens.e1118 So then enjoy paying higher property taxes and high costs on alcohol. And what Ford is spewing isn't free market when the billionaires are going to control the distribution and Galen Weston is going to be on the LBCO board. The money made from LCBO helps all of us. And now it's going to be used to help Loblaws and Walmart.

[@darrens.e1118]

@@CoolsBreeze that's capitalism, Along time ago Ontario was a Christian province where the government had tight control on everything, like it's used to be illegal for stores to be open on Sundays which seems insane now. don't just let Walmart and loblaws sell alchol, let any business big or small sell alchol too, we could have something like a Costco store that just sells booze for example, give the consumer more choice

[@XetaXones]

@@CoolsBreezeexactly

[@spicygumbo5002]

Bro this is AI!!💀💀💀

[@danmclauchlan1886]

I love how cringe these hosts are

[@BiGDuke6Actual]

Doug Ford's big-brain-solution is to provide 'interactive maps' and idiotic tone-deaf commercials that only proves what a completely disconnected pillock he actually is...

[@semmcstevenson]

Yeah lots of other places to get booze.

[@rodgergarvie327]

Good on Doug. Shut the LCBO and Beer stores for Good. Waste of Tax Dollars!

[@lamontcranston3177]

How does the LCBO "waste money"? Have you ever thought of moving to the U.S.? Why not?

[@blockbusterunderground]

OMG this fool has to go.....How about a map of where people can get family doctors or housing? FFS....

[@BobNob1]

get rid of the guy on the left

[@chadinontario3910]

The union is fighting the government, for the union. The government who represents all taxpayers, not just those union members, is fighting for the taxpayers.

[@lamontcranston3177]

All unions are fighting for all workers. Read a history of the labor movement. Find out why you don't work in a Victorian sweat shop for ten cents a day.

[@chadinontario3910]

@@lamontcranston3177 unions had their place in the 1920’s protecting the abused. Current unions protect problem employees, and cost taxpayers in Canada billions of dollars. You won’t agree with me and I accept that, working cash registers is not a job that taxpayers should pay more than minimum wage for. These are supposed to be student, and retirement jobs, not jobs you work at forever. If you want to make more then that, go to the private sector, and justify/earn the wage you want.

[@lamontcranston3177]

@@chadinontario3910 The stronger unions set the tone and let all employers know we have recourse if we choose it. (Even just the threat of organizing brings about change for the better.) A rising tide raises all ships. Higher wages for the unionized means higher wages for everyone else too. Unions set the standard.

[@life4youtoenjoy]

who needs LCBO ? Let it be sold in stores what is a big deal here ?

[@donnarocha4043]

Yes help small business in your community

[@AllisonYYZ]

​@donnarocha4043 So, the mom and pop stores can have more theft in their stores. This is not going to help them at all

[@alexbosorogan7501]

@@AllisonYYZ wow, the increase in thefts is not related to whether stores sell alcohol under the LCBO monopoly or not. It is due to the Federal Liberal Government's laws, which permit criminals to avoid prosecution. This situation arises from Trudeau's extreme neo-Marxist laws, preventing the police from performing their duties, rather than Doug Ford's conservative efforts to challenge monopolies.

[@mariainspireart2652]

All I can say is DISASTER! Alcoholism, crime rate and drunk drivers are going to increase tremendously. Good luck to privatizing 👎

[@lamontcranston3177]

Answer: Ontario needs the LCBO. If you want American "society" move there. Canadians do not want to live in Yankee style trash. Corner store booze is for the trailer park mentality. Liquor stores keep our kids safe from alcohol. (Also, with the increased buying power, liquor stores offer better selection.)

[@tonycommisso4096]

About time other provinces did this years ago. Unions want status quo never progress

[@lamontcranston3177]

Don't like it? There's a paradise waiting for you just south of the border.

[@farahnz5029]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bobtutton1700]

It is called politics. BS on top of BS. The PHD. Piled High& Deep. Well I live in a town with several micro brewers and bottle my own wine. Stay away from the hard stuff. So the LCBO strike doesn't affect me. The other important issues are very present in my town, like all others. Dougie means well I'm sure. However , like most in politics they cannot help but put their foot in their mouth. Try not to choke on that dry burger Dougie. Lucky you have a cool drink near bye.

[@farahnz5029]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@XetaXones]

Same, im not big on drinking so making a battle like this for no good reason is only taking away yet another revenue stream to pay for services. I suspect he will later claim he needs to cut services bc we cant afford anything. If the province was his personal business he would make more revenue not tank his own pocketbook

[@andygrenn680]

Booze 🥃 is a big deal in Ontario…

[@lamontcranston3177]

It sure was a big deal to Doug's brother.

[@andygrenn680]

@@lamontcranston3177 Sadly miss Rob everyday…Rob was man among men!

[@lamontcranston3177]

@@andygrenn680 He was a worthless drunk who collected a pay cheque while drinking daily on the job. He cheated and insulted Toronto voters and taxpayers. He was a crack smoking disgrace. He made Toronto a global laughing stock.

[@lamontcranston3177]

In the middle of the day Robby would cut out of council meetings to go get drunk with his old high school buddy in a ravine in Etobicoke. The cops followed him there and they even found the empty bottles.

[@andygrenn680]

@@lamontcranston3177 in my opinion Rob Ford could walk on 💦 water…an iconic leader the likes will never be duplicated again…

[@KT3E]

LCBO should be abolished, only Ontario have this, I remember 20 years ago I got beer at the gas station in Montreal

[@XetaXones]

Why attack revenue streams for the province? Ford cutting taxes has already created a massive deficit. How do you propose to make money to pay the costs for services?

[@lamontcranston3177]

If you want American "society" move there. Canadians do not want to live in Yankee style trash. Corner store booze is for the trailer park mentality. Liquor stores keep our kids safe from alcohol. (Also, with the increased buying power, liquor stores offer better selection.)

[@KT3E]

@@lamontcranston3177 you can't speak for Canadians, is your name Canada? You probably work there, The CEO makes more than half a million dollars a year, the whole thing is corrupt... Most of the world sell liquor at gas station, convenience store, grocery store not just only "Yankee". You're living in a rock

[@dillonbrown1454]

Zero to 100

[@rafial81]

Alkohol known to cause cancer and car accidents ..does the LCBO monopoly really want to talk about health care

[@vdobrovo]

lcbo (workers) sell alcohol very responsibly not like someone at corner store would care

[@rafial81]

@@vdobrovo the point is they should not be prompted as they helping with health care system. Propaganda news and the leftist Union need to stop the ignorance

[@lamontcranston3177]

Do you want the LCBO or do you want to sell booze to kids?

[@kenguriel8941]

It's time to "officially" admit it, BT is not a FAN of our current government. Present the news, not your opinions!!

[@mark_beastpriest5539]

Another Liberal funded station.

[@rafial81]

Alkohol causes cancer and death yet unions, propaganda news and leftist trying to relate that to improving the health care system.. How desperate is the left 😂

[@rafial81]

Alkohol causes cancer and death, yet unions, propaganda news and leftist claiming that its there to fund a better health care system.. How desperate have the gotten

[@ChattieCathie]

Its not that big of a deal

[@CoolsBreeze]

Kind of is. That's $2.5 billion in revenue that doesn't go into healthcare and education. 20+ hrs of wait time at ERs are going to get worse.

[@ChattieCathie]

@@CoolsBreeze I was talking about the burger bun

[@XetaXones]

Cons are supposed to balance the books, not crater deficits

[@lamontcranston3177]

Then why does Doug want to ruin the LCBO? Why go to the trouble of this publicity stunt? What's in it for Doug and his friends?

[@demons500]

I'll bet Ford could do a better job than Tim, figuring out which camera to look at.

[@user-gk8jc7nk3h]

**THANK YOU FORD !!!! **....STOP THIS LCBO CURRUPTION....PLEASE GET THINGS PRIVATE ....ASAP ( WE HAVE CLOWNS ON BT)

[@tarascott8000]

😂 LCBO generates profit that pays for healthcare and schools. You go to the wine shop it's more expensive to buy the same wine I buy at the LCBO so what Monopoly are you talking about because the outside Source cost me more money. That's kind of like the corner stores who are going to have to pay the government smart serve. To be able to sell spirits in the corner stores. That's Monopoly Ford's the Monopoly Ford screwing you and you're too stupid to know

[@timothey94]

Privatization opens up competition which makes alcohol cheaper for everyone… end Canada’s obsession with monopolies. I find it laughable they’re trying to say Doug Ford is only looking out for his billionaire friends… Meanwhile, the LCBO workers want more money for basically stocking shelves and scanning bar codes which will drive up cost of liquor and then they only want you to be able to buy liquor from them.

[@XetaXones]

No it doesnt, they said outsourcing would make products cheaper and they never been more expensive

[@timothey94]

@@XetaXones blame the government’s regulations and taxes and poor monopoly policies. They like to blame the companies who are responsible for making their shareholders happy. The governments job is to pass policies that work for the citizens. Just look at provinces without a government monopoly on the alcohol and see how its cheaper.

[@lamontcranston3177]

If you want American "society" move there. Canadians do not want to live in Yankee style trash. Corner store booze is for the trailer park mentality. Liquor stores keep our kids safe from alcohol. (Also, with the increased buying power, liquor stores offer better selection.)

[@XetaXones]

@@timothey94 yea ppl said that about housing too for AB, now they got rent skyrocketting and not enough housing like everywhere else. Go figure! Citizens are shareholders for the country, we need corporations to make revenue, the province is in a massive deficits bc of Ford foolishly attacking our profits bc we are the shareholders hes supposed to benefit, but he seems to be focused on benefitting private corps shareholders

[@daredevil1956]

Privatize liquor stores!! At least they won't hold the citizenry hostages. Plus you will most likely get a better deal than what the LCBO charges.

[@XetaXones]

“Hostage”? Alcohol isnt a necessity of life

[@daredevil1956]

@@XetaXones never said it was. When the LCBO is a monopoly, that's a problem

[@lamontcranston3177]

You mean stick the small business owner with the added expense of security (Bars on windows, surveillance cameras, alarm system, an in-store guard)? Force corner store operators to use guns? You want to turn clerks into cops?

[@XetaXones]

@@daredevil1956 the govt regulates the price, if you think convenience store wont charge a “convenience price” youre only fooling yourself. Capitalism is about maximizing profits, no where in there is room for discounts

[@anverladak1482]

What a useless program .BK should have been cancelled a long time ago

[@desimonium]

For the love of Pete! Privatize the LCBO already!

[@dbmuir8683]

like the Beer Store? Ontario has some of the most expensive domestic 24pks in the whole country lol

[@anovosedlik]

Are you insane? Do you like having alcoholics run the streets, drunk drivers kill innocent people, teenagers destroy their possibilities, and society generally fall apart? Nothing good comes from excess alcohol. NOTHING. Our healthcare system will further struggle, just cuz doug and his stupid empire to get more kickbacks. He was a drug dealer, for god's sake.

[@lamontcranston3177]

Have you ever thought of moving to the U.S.? Why not?

[@donnarocha4043]

Thank you Doug Ford yes help the small business in your community, I will never vote for the liberal, ndp party provincial or federal tax tax tax, I love Canada ❤️ 🇨🇦

[@thehonestmonkey]

I think I like ford now. Good for him.

[@donnarocha4043]

Yes help the small business in your community.

[@AllisonYYZ]

There is a bigger picture than booze, he can't be trusted he is a crook people seem to forget all the scandals he's had. There is always something up his sleeve if his mouth is moving, he's lying

[@rafial81]

Alkohol causes cancer and death, yet unions, propaganda news and leftist claiming that its there to fund a better health care system.. How desperate have the gotten

[@varindersidhu8420]

He's only had one scandal which he apologized for and reversed his decision. Same cannot be said about trudeau or the previous ontario liberals. Scandals are a bi product of politics, bad things happen in all situations. Dome people just have the decency to apologize and dome ppl have the maturity to forgive.

[@linaF5050]

Don't care always buy local for the little guys

[@ianbenjiman]

More competition is a good move. Reduces prices.

[@XetaXones]

No it doesnt, private companies are always maximizing profits

[@ianbenjiman]

@@XetaXones yes it does. A monopoly doesn't have to compete, therefore it doesn't have to lower its prices so it gets chosen as the alternative. I do technical sales. When we go out for quote, we almost always choose the supplier that gives us the lowest price for the same material.

[@XetaXones]

@@ianbenjiman its not a private monopoly, its a govt regulated so the prices have been fixed for years and not impacted by inflation. Private companies raise the prices and pass extra costs onto the consumer, whereas the govt decides the prices and if sellers want to make money in this province they must comply. “Competition” has NEVER kept prices down. Look at restaurants, theres so many and yet food prices keep going up bc they pass the costs onto the consumer , even having the nerve to expect patrons pay their staff wages through tip gouging. Profiteering means prices will ALWAYS go up! This ridiculous myth has never been proven, prices have never gone down ever, we will never go back to paying a few cents for products or services like back in the days. Stop spreading mythology

[@ianbenjiman]

@@XetaXones restaurant prices have gone up because of inflation and the carbon tax.

[@XetaXones]

@@ianbenjiman but according to your logic “competition” lowers prices, so having so many restaurants everywhere ought to determine pricing, no? You just proved my point, govt regulating prices means costs dont get past to the consumer👍🏽

[@HuatulcoGuy]

I'm with Doug Ford!

[@rafial81]

Alkohol causes cancer and death, yet unions, propaganda news and leftist claiming that its there to fund a better health care system.. How desperate have the gotten

[@XetaXones]

Youre with attacking our own revenue streams for the province?

[@HuatulcoGuy]

@@XetaXones Oh, I'm sorry to see that you have been brainwashed to think we are still back in 1929 and the sale of alcohol had go be controlled by a monopoly.

[@alexbosorogan7501]

The LCBO got what it deserve, bravo Ford, I will love to put the teachers on the same as well as all the workers under any OPSEU like union. This jesters here don't get it he will win again.

[@lenguindon5019]

I Love Dougie, More verbal Garbage from BT.

[@lamontcranston3177]

Why? Defend him. Defend his terrible record.

[@lenguindon5019]

@@lamontcranston3177 LCBO TROLL

[@lamontcranston3177]

@@lenguindon5019 You call that a defense? Tell is why Doug is your hero. Too late to be ashamed.

[@user-ci2ys6rc5j]

back to work maybe?

[@scottfiveonenine]

This is great for the little guys who got murdered during the shut downs buy local beers and spirits

[@lamontcranston3177]

Small business owners love spending 50Gs on security and guns.