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Old 03-22-2017, 12:00 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree View Post
Kind of fascinating how many conservatives have abandoned the value of a free market in favour of protectionism even on a provincial level.

Not that you couldn't develop a conspiracy theory where this Ontario company was questionably chosen, but lines like "it should have been an Albertan company" don't make much sense to me.
I thought they would go the protectionist route, because that's exactly what they did for the Alberta craft breweries.

The NDP increased taxes to $1.25/litre for all beer sold in Alberta, but they subsidize all the Alberta based breweries through the "Alberta Small Brewers Development Program".

Definitely not a free market scenario.
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