The FIRST ever LCBO strike has begun - here's what you need to know 

I would be all for smaller business doing their own thing. Wineries and craft beer retail locations would pop up which could be pretty cool. It would allow for a more direct sales channel for these small producers who otherwise can not get their products onto the shelves of an LCBO or loblaws

@@johnmackinnon1026 common sense. No wonder alcohol is expensive here to pay all those salaries for people at lcbo.

@@Chain987 Your right, plain and simple,...when I lived in Hamilton,I was always shocked by the ridiculous prices,...here in Alberta,you pay for your booze,beer, etc,..and, the stores are on the hook for the wages,...all alcohol is too expense, but, Ontario is way out of touch,...

@@johnmackinnon1026 I know. It is hard to explain that to people that never go outside of the province.

Amen brother

They can enjoy their above average salary and union after bankruptcy

@@rafial81 I am sure their skill will lend em a job in Wal mart or at timmies...

Liquor is the thing.

Making alcohol easier to purchase is irresponsible

@@tinomoc9877I’m from Quebec. We are good?

​​@@tinomoc9877 Playing a moral superiority card to cling to a monopoly is like turning to the church for them to make this decision 😄

No problem for me ! I don’t need alcohol to enjoy my life !!

I dont even drink.

Beer and LCBo stores are all strong good paying union jobs here in Ontario. Thats why Ford the con wants to destroy that because cons love their poorly paid slave labourers #NEVERCON

On the plus side, the lcbo provides popular liquor brands sold in Europe, often at approximately half the price.

@@jbs0009 that's not correct. Just example. Jagermaister, herb liqueur, 1liter, in Europe, goes from 16-21 Euros. Here, just 0.75 of Liter is 21 euros equivalent in Canadian money, last time I checked.

@Chain987 I'm thinking of the gin and vodka brands I've seen on sale in Paris and London, what part of Europe are you referring to, by the way?

@@jbs0009 not correct. I am often in Europe and lcbo is super expensive. Just imagine, lcbo all the ravenue comes just from selling booze, in Europe, that's grocery's one of the many items on shelfs. Of course lcbo is more expensive. Just common sense.

You're being very vague. You haven't named specific products. I know there are many cheap wine options in the average grocery store, in Europe, I have given you more specific examples that most of the premium brands of gin and vodka, like Grey goose and the like, although produced in Europe, are sold at a lower price in lcbo stores then anything I've seen in London or Paris. That's the point, my personal experience, don't get your knickers in a twist, a simple Google search will probably sufffice, I'm not going to placate your ego anymore.

I'll bet if the LCBO offered you a job, you wouldn't waste time taking it.

Cry me a river.

​@@AnnaJo2000 union workers are the ones crying rivers, sweetie 😘

so instead give lablaws and all the other ceos more money instead of putting it towards are public services like health care. got it, you must related to the CEO of a grocery store

@@geraldbraganza2617 the censorship here is unreal. I get notifications for additional replies on comments where my comment has been removed 😂

@@zesteecheeze you’re not the only one so has a lot of mine have been removed or not allowed

Can you try that again in English before I give you a like?

Was thinking the same thing.

I won't be surprised if that happens.

Technically it's illegal. Yep.

@@BeeRich33 not anymore

Oh shut up dude my friends work there show some respect and support

@@ashleysleeth1106I fully agree that everyone deserves respect but I don’t think they necessarily blindly deserve our support. LCBO workers are well compensated and nobody gets job security. People are sick and tired of hearing that every union is striking. I don’t even drink, so this doesn’t impact me directly whatsoever however I know people whose work has been impacted by this who are not even LCBO workers. It seems like every union out there is looking at the government / employer to cover the huge rise in inflation we’ve seen and that is unrealistic in most cases. At least this one isn’t an essential service (like the TTC should still be)

@@Kyt2024I work for a union and ya we do have the right to fight for a better wage

@@ashleysleeth1106 didn’t say you don’t have the right. I said the asks are often unrealistic in a lot of cases (such as wage increases to match inflation when inflation has been well above normal). Agree to disagree but I have a problem with striking as a negotiation tactic (conversely I also disagree with lockouts). If I decided not to do my job until my employer finds more money or appeases me from a job security perspective, I’d be replaced. Not everyone who wants more money necessarily deserves to be paid more than they are making - that’s the employers’s right, to dictate what an individual position and worker are worth to their business. It is a rarity that these discussions don’t start with the employer offering some sort of blanket pay increase over the term of the next collective agreement. The very concept of walking off the job to fight for job security is a hilarious oxymoron.

​@@ashleysleeth1106ahhh, nepotism, the perfect reason to support a cause 😂

@@andygrenn680 I say this as a non drinker in Ontario, but show me somewhere where it isn’t?

@@Kyt2024 we’ve given up the sauce too! Day and night we get hammered on 💦 Water.…Both of us are struggling Waterholics…We’re never dry!

Only?😂

@@mariafaria2256 Booze is important across Canada. This country wouldn’t survive if not for booze…As non drinkers recently off the sauce my wife and I are addicted to spring water. 💦 We are struggling Waterholics. Drinking ourselves into oblivion daily. There is no hope. We see water we drink water…

To employ their cousins. It's government nepotism. It's disgusting.

Beer and LCBo stores are all strong good paying union jobs here in Ontario. Thats why Ford the con wants to destroy that because cons love their poorly paid slave labourers #NEVERCON

You freedummies sure love your slave wages bahahahaha

Nobody is competing with the LCBO. It's designed that way.

@@BeeRich33 That's what I meant. It sucks those people are going to lose a good paying job but there's no reason I should have to drive to the LCBO for basic spiced rum.

yes but they dont sell hard liquor or wine

@@rethinker167wine rack , wine shop, and some grocery stores do

Apparently they are happy on strike.....hope they stay there for a couple months

For BS government 'reasons'. "Job security". Nobody has that.

Con govts destroy everything

To live with Dopes like you

Exactly what I was thinking. Talk about a health crisis!

its called alcoholism

It isn't up to you or the union thugs to decide what i do need or what i do want

@@FERNANDOAUGUSTO-fv1ck nobody is deciding for you. It’s a bit of an issue if you are panicking because you can’t buy booze.

Designated drivers and non drinkers that go for the food and watch a game

LOL are you serious?

Never thought about it you're right everybody could walk or cab whether you drink or not and those parking lots could be used to build housing student housing would be perfect so that the bar noise is kept with the students

100% serious, there would be less deaths from drunk drivers

@@boyce5994 Ban kitchen tools and butter knives. That way, no stabbings. Ever. Much like the UK doesn't have gun crime, right?

There are still corner store or small town LCBOs open as well, it's tje stand alone LCBOs that can go away. Do away with that system

Only freedummie wimps drink beer. I only drink tequila

Beer and LCBo stores are all strong good paying union jobs here in Ontario. Thats why Ford the con wants to destroy that because cons love their poorly paid slave labourers #NEVERCON

I'd like to see them lose their jobs because they want to make our lives inconvenient.

Cons destroy everything

That will be made up if they even see any cash flow slow downs. The taxes are the same regardless of who sells it, corner store, Walmart etc. We have a gem where I live, sells it all, great hours and great people run it.

tax on alcohol is the same whether it is beer or liquor. If people switch to beer the govt will still get it's taxes. And it is not a Ford govt coffer. It doesn't go to the PC party funds. It is the govt coffers.....same thing would apply to any party that was in power.

And what do we get out of any perceived income from this debacle? If it was in the true economy, stores everywhere would get the benefit, and not some government that pays itself.

Uh, no. I worked at it 40 years ago. They pay well. Unionized means it's completely supported by means like this.

but rye whiskey is better then beer.

bahahah only freedummie wimps drink beer. I only drink tequila

You can't sell it. You can make it. Been around for decades.

You look exactly like a guy that would make that comment 👍

Until, a person that can`t get they`re drink on, then turn to drugs, still a problem.

you're the type of person that makes other people drink.

Doug Ford is doing an amazing job as Premier of Ontario. It would be an honor and privilege to vote for Doug Ford again in 2026 .

VOTE FORD OUT

Ontario taxpayers. Getting paid $40/hr to put bottles on a shelf is insane.

I'm so happy you posted. I was really worried.

@@BeeRich33 thanks Mr clean

scared youll loose your part time job at the lcbo?

@@rethinker167 Learn to spell before responding. 😂

It's an Ontario cashflow thing. Completely over your head.

And I bet there’s a grocery store near his cottage that sells beer and alcohol. This monopoly that the lcbo needs to end. Closing the lcbo will only save money

So you think people that drink beer aren't eating? Wow. You must be high.

Great story weirdo

@@EatAPeach72 Says a person that doesn’t know a male has a penis and a female has a vagina 🤷🏼‍♂️

Molson, Sleeman, Mooshead, Kokanee, Steam Whistle Labbat's etc etc etc are foreigners? Wtf are you going on about?

@@pacman3556 Molson, Sleeman, Labatt's, are all foreign owned. Those companies, in turn, own the Beer Store. Foreign owned.