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1. Prohibition-era liquor policies continue in Ontario and B.C.

   Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen If Canadians ever needed proof that narrow politicking interferes with sensible consumer choice, they need look no further than the byzantine “reforms” on the sale of beer, wine and spirits proposed by Ontario, and one ...

2. Ontario consumers handicapped by beer and wine sale myths

   Appeared in the Waterloo Region Record Much of Canada’s current approach to liquor retailing has its roots in Prohibition-era attitudes towards wine, beer and spirits. But anyone who thinks that era ended should consider the anti-competition rhetoric that ...

3. Ontario's beer cartel paints Alberta liquor privatization as the bogeyman

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald It’s been two decades since the Alberta government exited the business of selling beer, wine and spirits to consumers. The privatization of all government liquor stores (completed in 1994) led to a dramatic expansion in the ...