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According to the Canadian Press, the Ontario Government and the LCBO secretly raised the minimum price of a case of twenty-four bottled beers last month, from $24 to $25.60. The price hike, which has already come into effect, was not an economic decision, but rather part of the LCBO's 1993 decision to enforce social responsibility. Apparently, a 24 for $24 was just too much for us to handle.
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Socialism isn't so fun after all.
Dilton's a prissy party pooper.
I'm on PickleToes' side with this one. The relic that is the LCBO has no place in a free society like ours.
I appreciate that they're trying to advocate social responsibility, but are we really this lame? I'm supposed to believe that extra $1.60 is going to discourage binge drinking or drunk driving? Absurd.
http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/english/publications/salarydisclosure/2008/crown08.html
See "Liquor Control Board of Ontario." Our tax dollars at work.
The LCBO has got to go.
there isn't one person making less than 100k on that list.
Finance Supervisor makes 103k? WTF?
Yea, seems pretty 'socially responsible' to me :P
PickleToes: When it comes to beer, the Torontoist is all for free market principles. Anything else, the coercive arm of the government is the only choice. That is the Torontoist way.
torontothegreat: That's because the law requires the government to disclose all salaries 100k or higher.
If they did it secretly, how did you find out?
@Vincent, yea I realized that after (too early to post comments lol).
Seriously though, a Finance Supervisor making over 100k a year? That's ridiculous! So is the DBA making 113k a year, that's about 40k over market value.
Don't get me wrong, I hate the LCBO and would privatize it in a New York minute, but the high salary stuff is much ado about nothing. A private retail company that clears 1.3 Billion with 5000 full and part time employees would likely have around 150 employees earning over $100 grand a year. At $380K, CEO Peter is a pretty good deal.
Yeah we should totally let some foreign beer company buy the LCBO, that sounds like a great idea.