It begins with a bit of Bolshevism — by blowing the Beer Store out of the water. Ford’s Tories will pass a law this month cancelling a signed contract between the crown and the Beer Store’s owners — condemned as a “sweetheart deal” with foreign-owned multinationals. If the premier’s “Open for Business” slogan can be suspended for the Beer Store, why not cancel other debilitating deals with foreigners? If Ford is so willing to use his legislative power, why not cancel all those long-term contracts that offered compensation for the original power contracts? Buck-a-beer is surely no small beer at a time of sweeping budget cuts to education, health care and social services.

Source: thestar May 31, 2019 22:07 UTC