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With some experts predicting the Beer Stores could shut down before long, the deal announced three weeks ago does allow them to apply for licences to sell lottery tickets.
Even with the Ontario legislature rising for an extended summer break , the province's
"Ottawa's decision to expand alcohol sales to convenience, grocery, and big-box stores is a significant and long-overdue reform. Learn how this move brings convenience, boosts the local economy, and aligns Ontario with other provinces."
As Premier Doug Ford prepares for a possible early election before the scheduled June 2026 province-wide vote, his rivals say they are gearing up.
Ford is defending his decision to spend hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayers' money to liberalize alcohol sales a little more than a year earlier than scheduled.