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

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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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

That's an asinine use of money.

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

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

[–] FireRetardant 4 points 1 week ago

But then doug wouldn't have been able to undermine the efforts of a labour union while the LCBO workers were on strike

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Alcohol > homelessness

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

It's easier to spend money you haven't earned or not yours.

[–] bluemite 4 points 1 week ago

Now it's easier for me to get drunk and maybe forget that I can't get a family doctor