A paper bag from the LCBO.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's order to the LCBO to bring back paper bags caught the Crown corporation's management off guard, emails obtained by Radio-Canada reveal.The LCBO announced in April 2023 that it would eliminate paper bags in its retail stores, but Ontario Premier Doug Ford ordered the Crown corporation to reverse the move in April 2024. Emails obtained by Radio-Canada reveal that the order took top LCBO executives by surprise.
"Not sure you are in the loop with this one!" Soleas said in a separate email forwarding Ford's letter to the top bureaucrat in Ontario's Ministry of Finance, deputy minister Greg Orencsak.in April 2023 that it planned to eliminate paper bags, saying the move would save some 135 million paper bags annually and divert more than 2,600 tonnes of waste from landfills.Ford's sudden order to reverse the move cited the cost to customers of providing their own bags.
"Toronto Sun has already picked up on this so we are going to be asked to move quickly. We will likely need to provide direction to the stores this AM," wrote the LCBO's chief retail officer, John Summers, at 7:11 a.m. the same day. The documents show the LCBO had terminated its contract with its previous supplier when it stopped offering the bags last year. Just two weeks after Ford's order, the Crown corporation posted afor a new supplier. The deadline to bid was originally scheduled for May 27, but has been extended to June 17.
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