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Ontario Liquor Law Changes - Official

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Ontario Liquor Law Changes - Official

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Here's the official news about the changes to the liquor laws:

http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.c ... -ll-nr.asp

http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.c ... -ll-bg.asp

http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.c ... ll-bg2.asp

One of the 'groups' consulted was a coalition of myself, George Milbrandt, Troy Burtch and Jed Corbeil. It was nice to meet with them and have our thoughts heard. And obviously progress is being made here.
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Post by A »

So do you have any clarity on what the new rules mean for festival fenced-in areas? Like can the entire Olympic Island (Or Downsview Park) be a "fenced in" area?

If not, it just seems to me like they allowed the size of the beer tent to grow - but I didn't think there was any particular size restriction in the past....
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Post by A »

This one might be nice too:

"Street festivals can allow people to leave their bar or restaurant with a drink in hand, providing specified conditions are met to ensure public safety. "

Except I'm sure those 'specified conditions' are probably overly onerous
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Don't know any of the exact specifics. However, some of the other points (non-festival related) I specifically brought up so it's cool to see them changing.
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Post by A »

I expect to see the Golden Tap Awards spill out onto King St this year :D
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Certainly a step in the right direction.
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Nice work. Thanks.
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Well, surprise, surprise, seems like the beer companies won't take their time to take advantage of the new laws. I picked up a free bottle of Stella Light at King & John today. They'll be handing out more in about 30 minutes or so. (Time now is 3:50pm.) I've never tried their light beer yet but I'm pretty sure it'll suck. Free is free though. :P
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lister wrote:Free is free though. :P
Ah yes, "Free", the favourite brand of many people I know. :)
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S. St. Jeb wrote:
lister wrote:Free is free though. :P
Ah yes, "Free", the favourite brand of many people I know. :)
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Tapsucker wrote:You get what you pay for!
Yep, free of flavour, free of aroma, free of body.

I hope some of the better beer companies take some notes on the free handouts. ;-)
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lister wrote:Yep, free of flavour, free of aroma, free of body....
That's a damned lie!

It tastes cold. And refreshing.

Why do you hate the truth?
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I don't hate the truth, I hate truthiness. :P
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Post by Belgian »

What's official is Ontario is ruled over by a bunch of tightass boring losers.
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Post by kinguy »

Belgian wrote:What's official is Ontario is ruled over by a bunch of tightass boring losers.
...and you just noticed this now?
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