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Originally Posted by Blitz
I don't see any problem with the current system (though I don't drink that much so I'm not really affected either way).
I think I've been influenced by all the trashy looking liquor stores I've seen in Michigan and Ohio and I don't want to see such trash here.
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Neither do I.
The LCBO is very minor inconvenience that has some very real benefits. It promotes local wines, employs 10,000 people, and brings in billions in revenue to the province.
Usually, when privatization is floated, it is because the public sector has failed. The opposite is true for the LCBO: It is a rousing success.
Two governments have made election promises to scrap the system and Dwight Duncan has said he considered it when looking at ways to balance the books: Every single one of them (Peterson in '85, Harris in '95, and Duncan in '12) decided against it. I wouldn't expect much different from this promise.