And this is why...

[mintjellie]

I think LCBO privatization is about creating opportunities for small business, and not about beer.

[SteelbackGuy]

I think LCBO privatization is about creating opportunities for small business, and not about beer.

That makes sense. Most of the folks on here cry foul and it comes of as "me me me, my my my, I want MY beer". The argument of creating opportunities for small business makes the most sense.

[mintjellie]

I think LCBO privatization is about creating opportunities for small business, and not about beer.

That makes sense. Most of the folks on here cry foul and it comes of as "me me me, my my my, I want MY beer". The argument of creating opportunities for small business makes the most sense.

It seems like such a small thing, but any time the government runs a business, it takes the opportunity to run that kind of business away from the public. It denies an opportunity to businesses both large and small. Privatization could be an opportunity for entrepreneurial minded people to start specialty boutiques dealing in niche products. It can also mean opportunity for gas station and convenience store operators, both independents and franchisees, to introduce another revenue stream to their businesses. On an even larger scale, there are opportunities for big supermarket and box store chains.

If private off-licence sales ever go through, the biggest push for it will likely come from the gas, convenience, and grocery store lobby groups.

[SteelbackGuy]

I think LCBO privatization is about creating opportunities for small business, and not about beer.

That makes sense. Most of the folks on here cry foul and it comes of as "me me me, my my my, I want MY beer". The argument of creating opportunities for small business makes the most sense.

It seems like such a small thing, but any time the government runs a business, it takes the opportunity to run that kind of business away from the public. It denies an opportunity to businesses both large and small. Privatization could be an opportunity for entrepreneurial minded people to start specialty boutiques dealing in niche products. It can also mean opportunity for gas station and convenience store operators, both independents and franchisees, to introduce another revenue stream to their businesses. On an even larger scale, there are opportunities for big supermarket and box store chains.

If private off-licence sales ever go through, the biggest push for it will likely come from the gas, convenience, and grocery store lobby groups.

You're absolutely right, and what you say makes sense. I'm just not much of a capitalist so I don't particularly care.

As for the lobby groups, one of the biggest is the Korean Business Persons Association.

[Ale's What Cures Ya]

I think LCBO privatization is about creating opportunities for small business, and not about beer.

Cheers to that. Only a moron would think that pushing for privately owned sales is a simple matter of "oh I want my beer!"

Government bureaucracies like the LCBO and public health care are nothing but bloated, wasteful institutions that take far more from the people than need be and deliver far less than what they should. No small business owner should be deprived the opportunity to sell products proven to be safe if he so chooses. The government should concern itself with things like infrastructure, environmental concerns and allowing, through the passing of sensible laws, an atmosphere that allows private citizens to thrive both financially and emotionally and ensures the protection of their borders and safety.

It's unfortunate that most people that suckle at the government's alcohol dispensing teat do not realize what a useless and antiquated system it is, and even more unfortunate that these same people don't realize that it is a glaringly obvious everyday example of the government wasting their money.

And just for the record, OCB Only stores are a terrible idea.

[mintjellie]

That makes sense. Most of the folks on here cry foul and it comes of as "me me me, my my my, I want MY beer". The argument of creating opportunities for small business makes the most sense.

It seems like such a small thing, but any time the government runs a business, it takes the opportunity to run that kind of business away from the public. It denies an opportunity to businesses both large and small. Privatization could be an opportunity for entrepreneurial minded people to start specialty boutiques dealing in niche products. It can also mean opportunity for gas station and convenience store operators, both independents and franchisees, to introduce another revenue stream to their businesses. On an even larger scale, there are opportunities for big supermarket and box store chains.

If private off-licence sales ever go through, the biggest push for it will likely come from the gas, convenience, and grocery store lobby groups.

You're absolutely right, and what you say makes sense. I'm just not much of a capitalist so I don't particularly care.

As for the lobby groups, one of the biggest is the Korean Business Persons Association.

There's also the Ontario Convenience Store Association.