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Ontario’s Liquor Laws May Be Relaxed

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headlessqptag.jpg    In a move that may or may not be related to the fact that Dalton McGuinty will soon be asking us for our votes, the provincial government has just announced that liquor laws—specifically the ones that regulate special events—are under review. Up for consideration: permitting people to wander around festivals with their brews (rather than restricting them to a beer tent) and allowing special events to serve booze until 2 a.m. (right now they must stop by 1 a.m.). Public consultations are planned, though details on those are not yet available.

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  • http://twitter.com/MichaelWent Michael Went

    Pride Toronto's Community Advisory Panel recently concluded a consultation that recommended the following: “132. Pride Toronto participate in initiatives with other outdoor festivals to advocate for
    provincial reform of Alcohol and Gaming Commission regulations or stipulations with
    respect to serving alcohol in enclosed areas.” Hopefully Pride Toronto volunteers, coordinators and staff will be able to participate in this process. The liquor laws have been a long-standing issue for years at Pride.

  • Canadianskeezix

    The devil will be in the details. While I can see letting alcohol be consumed anywhere during events/festivals with fenced paid attendance areas (e.g. your typical musical festival), I suspect there will be reluctance to allow the same thing for events like Pride or Taste of the Danforth, which occupy entire streets/blocks and have no controls over entry and exit. I hope I am wrong, but my gut instinct is that the latter group of event might not end up with much at the end of this process.

  • Pibble

    “Public consultations are planned,..”

    Why bother?

    The McGuinty Liberals seek advice but don`t take it unless it confirms what they`ve already decided to do.
    http://thestar.blogs.com/broad…

    If it doesn`t confirm their plan,they could care less,they simply proceed and lie to the Public.
    http://nationalcanineresearchc…/

  • thirsty_mind

    Surely the LCBO would be at the top of the list for liquor law reform?

  • HotDang

    Do you mean that they'll lower the cost of a bottle of gin to $24? That will help my martini budget enough to coerce me to vote Liberal.

  • tyrannosaurus_rek

    I think the only way we'll see an end to the LCBO is with a tax on alcohol meeting or exceeding the revenue the LCBO generates for the province (minus operating costs).

  • http://paul.kishimoto.name Paul Kishimoto

    “the LCBO” — noun
    “reform” — verb

    ?

  • http://paul.kishimoto.name Paul Kishimoto

    You don't actually believe that there should be no public consultations, but someone will probably interpret your comment that way.

  • http://levynewsnetwork.wordpress.com TheDanLevy

    How about moving the last time to serve alcohol to 4am? Or maybe only on weekends? Still asking too much? OK, how about 3am?

  • http://levynewsnetwork.wordpress.com TheDanLevy

    How about moving the last time to serve alcohol to 4am? Or maybe only on weekends? Still asking too much? OK, how about 3am?