Liquor product selection in the province has expanded from 2,200 in 1993 to more than 31,000 today.
liquor privatization
August 19, 2024
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Monopolies generally drive prices up by restricting competition.
July 29, 2024
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Monopolies generally drive prices up by restricting competition.
May 30, 2023
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Alberta’s liquor product selection has grown from 2,200 in 1993 to more than 31,000 today.
August 16, 2022
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The private sector typically provides better hours, better selection and more convenience for customers.
May 30, 2022
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The province’s debt interest payments are estimated at $956 million this year.
April 14, 2015
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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 restrictive “reform” recently enacted in British Columbia.
May 10, 2014
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Much of Canadas current approach to liquor retailing has its roots in Prohibition-era attitudes towards wine, beer and spirits.
February 15, 2014
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Its been two decades since the Alberta government exited the business of selling beer, wine and spirits to consumers.
September 8, 2013
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Twenty years ago the Alberta government swiftly and boldly threw open Alberta's markets in beer, wine and spirits. The result has been a success story of intense competition, added convenience and thousands of new jobs.
Other provincial governments have never imitated the Alberta accomplishment. But that has much to do with local politics and mythmaking from vested interests, not facts.