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Recent lotto scandal a setback to having liquor sold at corner stores

while most parts of the world sell liquor off license, Ontario seems to have taken a step back..

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Lotto woes show LCBO needed: McGuinty April 03, 2007 Canadian Press Premier Dalton McGuinty says the recent lottery scandal shows corner stores shouldn't get the power to sell Ontario wine and micro-beer. McGuinty says that power should remain in the hands of trained professionals at the LCBO and the Beer Store. A Liberal backbencher is introducing a private members bill today which would give convenience stores the power to sell homegrown wine and micro-beer. But McGuinty says the recent lottery scandal � where lottery winnings were claimed by an inordinate number of shop clerks � shows the danger of giving thousands of clerks too much power. He says it's important to maintain the security of Ontario's liquor system. Conservative Bob Runicman says the LCBO agency stores � which are located in rural convenience stores � show shop clerks can be trusted to keep alcohol out of the hands of minors.

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http://www.thestar.com/News/article/198946

Nanny state.

Drives me fucking craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy.

I think the beer store and LCBO are doing fine.

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Originally posted by cap I think the beer store and LCBO are doing fine.

Obviously they're doing fine - they're a government-sanctioned monopoly.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur Obviously they're doing fine - they're a government-sanctioned monopoly.

+1

I wished Costco would start selling Beer and Wine like they do in States...buying liqour in mass is dirt cheap

Damn government...and stupid asian convenience store workers...

We should've just made drinking age 16 like in europe (most countries at least) and not having a monopolized control system (LCBO, beer store).

It would make things a lot easier, and we would have a lot less teens getting retardedly drunk every day. I've always wondered why teens in europe are more mature and dont drink like animals every weekend...now i know why! they don't abuse their limitless access to booze ...

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Originally posted by exstasie +1 I wished Costco would start selling Beer and Wine like they do in States...buying liqour in mass is dirt cheap Damn government...and stupid asian convenience store workers...

Last time I was at a costco in Quebec, a case of 12 Coronas there was 13.89 +deposit. Here is was 21.9x.

This is such a load of crap. That reasoning makes no sense.

Some variety store owners committed a crime unrelated to alcohol.

Therefore no variety store owners are responsible enough to sell alcohol.

WTF

Re: Recent lotto scandal a setback to having liquor sold at corner stores

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Originally posted by dEsidEL while most parts of the world sell liquor off license, Ontario seems to have taken a step back.. source: http://www.thestar.com/News/article/198946

Trained professionals my ass...
I work at the beer store and am constantly surrounded by jackasses.

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze We should've just made drinking age 16 like in europe (most countries at least) and not having a monopolized control system (LCBO, beer store). It would make things a lot easier, and we would have a lot less teens getting retardedly drunk every day. I've always wondered why teens in europe are more mature and dont drink like animals every weekend...now i know why! they don't abuse their limitless access to booze ...

In Cyprus where my rents are from my 13 year old brother can buy booze and cigarettes at the local periptero (convenience store) without any issues.


The reasoning behind them not allowing booze/wine in local stores here disgusts me beyond compare.

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Originally posted by Endlesswave In Cyprus where my rents are from my 13 year old brother can buy booze and cigarettes at the local periptero (convenience store) without any issues. The reasoning behind them not allowing booze/wine in local stores here disgusts me beyond compare.

forget that Chris, how about walking around in a park or chilling on a beach with beer bottles, and not hiding from anyone? my friend and I would always pop down to a local periptero for a cooler or two and go chilling somewhere

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Originally posted by Abercrombie Last time I was at a costco in Quebec, a case of 12 Coronas there was 13.89 +deposit. Here is was 21.9x.

damn, I need to stock up next time I go then

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew forget that Chris, how about walking around in a park or chilling on a beach with beer bottles, and not hiding from anyone? my friend and I would always pop down to a local periptero for a cooler or two and go chilling somewhere

I know, that's classic in a lot of European countries, Spain is like that mostly from what I remember. I was going to go back this year but can't, going next year for my entire vacation instead.

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew forget that Chris, how about walking around in a park or chilling on a beach with beer bottles, and not hiding from anyone?

and then people get drunk and start throwing bottles in the water and then others step on broken glass. That's how i sliced half my foot open in the water before, no thanks.

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Originally posted by geroin and then people get drunk and start throwing bottles in the water and then others step on broken glass. That's how i sliced half my foot open in the water before, no thanks.

yeah you def never been to Cyprus nothing like that happened to me over the 7 years of living there

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew forget that Chris, how about walking around in a park or chilling on a beach with beer bottles, and not hiding from anyone? my friend and I would always pop down to a local periptero for a cooler or two and go chilling somewhere

ahhhhh brings back old memories
i wanna go back home

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McGuinty says that power should remain in the hands of trained professionals

Follow your own advice and stop running our province.

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Originally posted by geroin and then people get drunk and start throwing bottles in the water and then others step on broken glass. That's how i sliced half my foot open in the water before, no thanks.

I'd watch where you walk...unless the water is so poluted you can't see it.

People who are wasted and throw bottles in the ocean are retarded but that's no reason to not sell it at convenience stores. People will do what they do regardless of a given circumstance. If I wanted to buy beer and sit at an ocean and do stupid shit I'd buy it anyway regardless of where I had to go to get it.

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Originally posted by The Highroller This is such a load of crap. That reasoning makes no sense. Some variety store owners committed a crime unrelated to alcohol. Therefore no variety store owners are responsible enough to sell alcohol. WTF

exactly , and furthmore, its its just McGuinty using a scape goat. Had the system been airtight in the first place there would be no room for the retailers to rip off the system.

then again, the lottery system has been the same since i can remember , and gone through many differnet governments, so how the conservatives are using this as leverage i don't know.

Oh man, how I hate to run last minute to the latest-open beer store in Toronto, and in the last second, as the security guard shutting the door, scream "NOOOOOOO!"
Well, McGuinty is a god in his own way . He is like a big daddy who knows what people need and don't need. In the states where I was last weekend, they were laughing their asses off hearing that we in Canada (they don't care which province we are in..it's all the same to them), a much liberal nation, have to buy alcohol in specialized stores.

Take a look at Ukriane. You see how they are all out in the street because of a mere political scandal? We should use their example regarding LCBOs in Ontario!

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