Get ready for a day of booze news, with the Ontario government expected to announce changes to how alcohol is sold in the province.
If Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet approves, the province will move to allow all supermarkets, convenience stores and gas stations to sell beer, wine and canned mix drinks or seltzers, according to industry sources.
In the last year, the government has held closed-door consultations with industry officials on “modernizing” the alcohol sales regime, but has required all participants involved to sign non-disclosure agreements.
The looming reforms pit a range of interests against each other as big supermarket companies, convenience store chains, the giant
