Toronto Star resources:
Who owns the Beer Store? (pdf)
Craft Brewers Demand Beer Store Shakeup
Bad Brew Series, July 5 to 7, 2008 by Business Reporter Dana Flavelle
1. The Real Reason Your Beer Costs More than it Should
2. Express Stores Hurt Small Brewers
3. Ontarions Thirsty for Answers
Government Resources:
Read “A Report of the Beverage Alcohol System Review Panel”, a government report that recommended returning the market to the private sector.
Blogs:
Free Our Beer Blog is dedicated to pursuing reform in Ontario’s beer retail system from a craft point of view.
Pennsylvania has the same problems as Ontario: too much control. Read about why the PLCB should be abolished in the No PLCB blog.
Other:
David Menzies reports on the LCBO
compares Alberta’s system to Ontario’s (October 10, 2006)
