The province is paying up to a quarter-of-a-billion dollars to break an exclusivity contract with The Beer Store 18 months early to push alcohol into 8,500 new stores.
decision to shell out $225 million to supercharge its timeline for beer and wine in convenience stores is about honouring a longstanding commitment, not future ballots.
“We campaigned in 2018 on that and then through COVID we weren’t able to complete that, so we re-upped in 2022 to open up convenience stores and grocery stores.”For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. “We’re scrutinizing every penny that comes in — that was to protect jobs and make the transition. That would have happened at any point of time, whether early time or late,” he said.
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