LCBO workers consider strike as Beer Store gets OK to sell lottery tickets

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LCBO workers consider strike as Beer Store gets OK to sell lottery tickets
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The Beer Store will be allowed to sell lottery tickets as Ontario liberalizes alcohol sales but unionized LCBO employees are weighing a strike, fearing store closures.

tickets when it liberalizes the sale of alcohol across Ontario as part of a deal to keep the privately owned conglomerate afloat.

The changes mean 8,500 new convenience and grocery stores will soon be able to carry all alcohol apart from liquor and spirits. “We have the numbers we made public on May 24 about supporting The Beer Store and the jobs there, and we’re going to continue to open up this market,” he said.

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