… gov’ts that compete against its own citizens lose. Privatizing has the added benefit that it allows people live almost like they’re “free” when their own government doesn’t compete against them for their very livelihoods. I know! That’s not very liberal-left-like is it?!
But there are liberal-left sheep all over Canada who still think only governments can do things right. “We the people” are inherently stupid. Or, they think that governments are there to employ people—unionized people—and to sell trinkets to the citizenry, Soviet Union style. Reducing the things that governments do is “wrong”. It would reduce the size of governments and that’s “wrong”. Nobody has bothered to explain why that’s “wrong”, it’s now just blindly accepted as “wrong” in Canada. The government must spend our money for us, they say, and/or sell us the things (which they choose) to us, at a price (they decide) we’ll pay. Google “Cuba” or “North Korea” for more information. Oh—or “Canada” for market comparison purposes.
Alberta earns more from privatized liquor sales
The government of Alberta, which privatized its retail outlets a decage [sic] ago, profits more from provincial liquor sales than Ontario or Quebec, a new study has found.
The Montreal Economic Institute compared the three provinces’ liquor industries and concluded Alberta’s private retail system not only racks up greater profits for the government, but has also spawned more outlets and a greater number of products for consumers to choose from.
Valentin Petkantchin, the research director, found Alberta, which still controls the importing and wholesaling of liquor, collected a dividend of $24.27 for every litre of pure alcohol sold, compared to $23.42 per litre in Ontario and $23.43 in Quebec.
This translated into millions of dollars in profits for the province, he said.
“I think there is no reason not to privatize,” Mr. Petkantchin said.
[…] The study found Alberta has more liquor stores and more products available to consumers than the other two provinces. In 2004, 1,087 stores sold liquor products in Alberta, while Quebec had 801 stores and Ontario had 779.
Alberta also had a larger number of alcoholic products available to consumers, as private retailers attempted to appeal to customers’ myriad whims and tastes.
Last year, Alberta sold 11,575 alcohol products excluding Canadian beers, compared to 3,449 in Ontario and 7,148 in Quebec.
The year before the province deregulated its liquor stores, only 1,957 products, including beer, were available in Alberta, a number that climbed to 12,414 this year.
[…] Mr. Petkantchin believes one of the greatest fears of a privatized liquor industry is the loss of jobs for unionized employees. His study notes “it’s hard to deny that full-time unionized employees in a government monopoly, who enjoy advantages in wages and working conditions, are directly affected by privatization.”
“This point should not hide the positive results that a privatization of the SAQ would produce for Quebec consumers as a whole, with more stores at their disposal and the probable creation of many jobs.”
The Montreal Economic Institute comparison found employment levels in the liquor industry rose considerably in Alberta between 1993 and 1996, going from about 950 full-time positions to 2,904.
These factors, combined with the potential government revenue of a deregulated industry, led Mr. Petkantchin and the institute to conclude the original rationale for government monopoly has been “lost in the mists of time.”
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario thinks it all stinks. They remind Canadians that they are in fact stupid, stupid people who cannot make their own decision and cannot be trusted. Only government can think right.
The LCBO will remain in public hands to safeguard principles of social responsibility, provide convenience and competitive prices, promote Ontario products and encourage responsible use and recycling, [the liberal-left Ontario government elitist smart-guy] said.
That just sounds exactly like something a communist might say. Read quotes from past Pravda articles in the Soviet Union days, and you’ll see identical verbiage.
This funky “private enterprise” and “free market” thing could really take off! If only there was an example of how [**cough**UnitedStatesofAmerica**cough**] it could be implemented….. proof that the whole private enterprise thing actually woks [**clearthroat**U.S.**cough**]….
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