'Our government is actively working to expand the sale of beer and wine to corner stores, box stores, and even more grocery stores'
Wine offerings at the LCBO located at Queens Quay and Cooper Street in Toronto.
"Our government is actively working to expand the sale of beer and wine to corner stores, box stores, and even more grocery stores," Fedeli said during a speech to a business audience in Toronto delivered ahead of his first provincial budget on April 11. Ontario currently has the lowest density of retail outlets selling beer, wine, cider and spirits in Canada, Fedeli said, with less than 3,000 outlets selling alcohol compared to Quebec's approximately 8,000.
"We believe this will open it all up without any need whatsoever to privatize that valuable asset," he said of the move to have alcohol sold in corner stores and big box stores.Fedeli said the idea of selling government assets to address the deficit won't help the government in the long run. He said the previous Liberal government's sale of its General Motors shares and part of its Hydro One ownership stake just temporarily covered for budget problems.
"We have a government that's taking teachers out of classrooms, reducing autism services for kids but making sure that we can have beer in every corner store," she said."I think they have the wrong priorities."
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