This week’s podcast: The Ford government is undergoing a transformation and appears ready to finally deliver on a five-year campaign promise to allow beer sales in local corner stores
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About this week’s episode: Big changes have taken place.
For five years, Premier Doug Ford has championed the idea of selling beer in local corner stores. He’s on the verge of major changes to the way beer, wine and spirits are distributed in Ontario, and that reality seems closer than ever.
Will it mark the end for The Beer Store, a decades-long monopoly dating back to the end of Prohibition? Or will hundreds of stores find their way into the Ford government’s master plan?
If The Beer Store disappears, who will take back all our cans?
We ask these questions, and many more, to Brock University Health Sciences Professor Dan Marek, an internationally recognized expert on drug and alcohol control.
Pour yourself some suds and enjoy the show (responsibly, of course).
Hosted by Scott Sexsmith and Village Media Editor-in-Chief Michael Friscolanti, inside the village is a news and current affairs podcast that features the best local journalism from across Ontario’s newsroom chain each week. Produced by Derek Turner, the show also explores larger issues affecting people across the state.
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