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Ford's push to expand alcohol sales early to cost province $612M, budget watchdog says (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 1 month ago by RandAlThor to c/ontario

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/38087935

The Ford government's push to get beer, wine and ready-made cocktails into convenience stores ahead of its original schedule will cost taxpayers more than $600 million, the province's budget watchdog says.

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[–] wise_pancake 12 points 1 month ago (5 children)

That's an asinine use of money.

We could have done that for free by waiting a little bit.

[–] RandAlThor 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It absolutely is. This moron treats us like we're all college-age party boys who wants to get high on drugs and alcohol.

[–] Sturgist 6 points 1 month ago

I mean, I do want those things, but responsible spending and strong societal protections are arguably more important....

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