We should consider ourselves very lucky here in Alberta.
In Ontario, if you want to buy beer you can only purchase it in a government owned and operated "Beer Store" or the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) store. Wine and hard liquor can only be purchased in LCBO stores.
http://www.nupge.ca/news_2007/n05ap07c.htm
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Ontario says no to convenience store wine and beer sales
 Premier praises job LCBO and Beer Stores are doing to screen out sales to underage customers
Toronto (5 April 2007) - The Ontario government says it is not prepared to allow the sale of wine and beer at convenience stores across the province.
In making the decision, Premier Dalton McGuinty praised the socially responsible role now being played by employees of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) and Beer Store outlets in screening out sales to underage customers.
"It's really tough if you are underage in Ontario to buy wine or beer or liquor through the LCBO or Beer Store. It's a good system," McGuinty said this week, speaking in the legislature and to the media.
"(Parents) enjoy the fact that they feel tremendous confidence knowing that it's really tough if you are underage in Ontario to buy wine or beer or liquor through the LCBO or Beer Store," McGuinty said. "It's a good system. It ain't broke."
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