Ford's push to expand alcohol sales early to cost province $612M, budget watchdog says (www.cbc.ca)

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The Ford government's push to get beer, wine and ready-made cocktails into convenience stores ahead of its original schedule will cost taxpayers more than $600 million, the province's budget watchdog says.

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[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago

That's an asinine use of money.

We could have done that for free by waiting a little bit.

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

But then doug wouldn't have been able to undermine the efforts of a labour union while the LCBO workers were on strike

[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago

It absolutely is. This moron treats us like we're all college-age party boys who wants to get high on drugs and alcohol.

[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

I mean, I do want those things, but responsible spending and strong societal protections are arguably more important....

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

Alcohol > homelessness

[-] ryan213@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago

It's easier to spend money you haven't earned or not yours.

[-] bluemite@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Now it's easier for me to get drunk and maybe forget that I can't get a family doctor

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