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The LCBO pricing policies are designed to control alcohol consumption, generate revenue for the provincial and federal governments, and to support the domestic alcohol beverage industry, especially by providing incentive to purchase Ontario wine. Within this framework, the prices of LCBO products are subject to three policy constraints:
The LLBO was replaced by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario in 1998 under the Alcohol and Gaming Regulation and Public Protection Act passed in 1996.. The LLBO name lives on in signage and advertising for many eateries and entertainment establishments, including some opened well after the board’s dissolution, which display the name to indicate the location is legally licensed to ...
Products Ownership Brands Micro-Distilleries or Craft Distillers: Ogham Craft Spirits: Ottawa, Ontario Gin, Poitín, Eau-de-Vie Ogham Craft Spirits Inc. Pot Still Gin, Poitín, Cider Eau-de-vie, Whisky available December 2024 King's Lock Craft Distillery: Johnstown, Ontario Rum, Rye, Vodka, Gin King's Lock Craft Distillery Inc.
Beau's beers are available throughout Ontario on tap and at LCBO liquor stores. [5] In February 2015, the brewery has also begun selling its products in Quebec, [6] and across Canada in 2017. By May 2016, the company had 150 full-time employees as a result of a claimed "growth at a compounded rate of 45 per cent year-over-year" since 2006.
Liquor-control agencies in some Canadian provinces have produced age-of-majority ID cards to facilitate the purchase of alcohol by Canadian adults. Only one still produces these cards, although their acceptability is limited and their purpose has been mostly supplanted by other forms of ID, such as provincial photo cards for non-drivers.
Other permitted terms are "Product of Canada" and "Vinted in Canada". In Ontario, as of April 1, 2014, the wineries which existed prior to 1993 will be allowed to produce "International - Canadian blends" which contain no more than 75% foreign content (meaning that they in fact contain only 25% Ontario wine, which may be from labrusca varieties).
[7] [8] The Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation (OCRC), was established as a subsidiary of the LCBO with a mandate to initially open 40 stores before legalization took effect in October 2018. [9] [10] OCRC also entered a partnership with Shopify to use the company's platform for operating the province's online cannabis sales. [11]
The Temperance movement started long before Ontario enacted the Ontario Temperance Act of 1916, and for more reasons than social or wartime issues. Fighting for absolute temperance, Prohibition advocates lobbied for this in the 1850s at the Provincial level, and eventually got the right to vote for Prohibition at the municipal level, or otherwise known as "local option".