Ontario Liquor Laws Outdated

In 1980, former Ontario Premier David Peterson considered the idea of allowing corner grocery stores to sell beer and wine. Successive governments since then have also debated the idea and now, three decades later, we are still no further ahead. Premier Dalton McGuinty’s recent assertions that the centralized control of liquor by the LCBO makes Ontario a “safer place” is an unconvincing excuse for maintaining the status quo. The reality is that teenagers and others who want any type of controlled goods will always find a way to acquire them. After years of listening to the naysayers about the alleged harm that would follow a modernization of Ontario’s archaic liquor laws, it is time to put those unsubstantiated fears aside and allow Ontario to enter the 21^st century.