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That could be a little misleading if you're talking about becoming a member. They exist all across western Canada but they're all run by different local co-ops. For example I'm on Vancouver Island in the Duncan area, we have 3 Co-op gas stations and a Co-op liquor store. The gas stations (and every other Co-op south of us) is Peninsula Co-op, the liquor store (which is a 1 minute drive away) is Mid Island Co-op. Mid Island stretches for about an hour and a half drive north, until there's more Peninsula for a few hours drive then if you go further, all the way to the northern tip it's Mid Island again. If you go west there are 3 small Co-ops that all serve their own towns. If you go east to the Gulf Islands, some are Mid Island and some are their own. None of this really makes a difference if you're not a member, but if you are it can get confusing which ones you get a rebate on or not.

Ahh, that makes sense. It was the second part that threw me off.

The difference of course being that bartenders get paid barely anything and tips are expected to be the majority of their income while baristas are supposed to be paid regular wages.

I think 20% of every sailing is reserved for drive on customers?

It's closer to 75-90% (depending on various factors).

And I think you're significantly underestimating how many BC residents take the ferry. Next time you're on there walk around and look at plates. I'd be very surprised if you get anywhere close to 50% of personal vehicles with out of province plates.

Right, but unless I'm misunderstanding you, I don't understand why we should be tipping bartenders but not baristas. The amount of work and skill required seems comparable (I've never done either so I can't say that definitively), they're almost the same job with different ingredients.

Are there any provinces that still have a lower minimum wage for alcohol servers? BC got rid of that years ago.

Unless you mean minimum wage in general is barely anything.

Imposed arbitration is bullshit.

the party is taking a stand against a policy that disproportionately affects wealthy people and big corporations.

What about every single other policy that's even tangentially related to affordability that disproportionately affects everyone who isn't wealthy and small businesses?

Producers would also be able to package multiple products together as long as the package is still under the 30-gram limit, and products inside also meet packaging requirements. The change would mean producers could sell higher quantities of edibles in one outer package.

Hopefully this means I can get something like a 6 pack of drinks.

I think the number one factor there is real estate. You can't start a farm out of your apartment and restaurants can't easily exist out in the boonies where rent is cheaper.

Assuming you're talking about a full service retirement home and not just a 55+ building $5000/mo seems like a good deal to me, at least from a BC perspective. You'd be looking at almost $2000 just to rent anywhere, you'd be lucky to have a meal cooked for you for $10, $20 if it's decent quality, that's another $900-1800/month. Once you consider utilities you're pretty close to what a new renter would be paying if they refused to cook for themselves.

I mean it's worth it for the cool knives alone.

Let's be real, those of us who can't afford housing can't afford a jacked up F350.