Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Overpaid cashiers
Finally, a letter in The Star telling the truth about the LCBO’s “profit”.
What timing. Three weeks after the finance minister’s announcement of a panel to review the sale of beverage alcohol in Ontario, comes the annual report of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, cheering its “record dividend” to the provincial treasury. Sadly, the Star swallows the board’s claim hook, line and sinker in its article. What was missing from the story was an explanation of what the “dividend” actually is — and it’s not profit.
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