Doug Ford's beer promise could create hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties

By Mike Crawley · CBC News

Contract with Beer Store calls for compensation if more than 450 new outlets start selling

There's a big catch stopping Ontario Premier Doug Ford from fulfilling his promise of beer sales in corner stores. A contract between the province and The Beer Store limits the number of retail outlets in Ontario, until 2025. (Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press)

Ontario taxpayers face footing the bill for hundred of millions of dollars in penalties if Premier Doug Ford forges ahead with his plan to allow convenience stores to sell beer.

In its budget tabled last week, the Ford government reaffirmed its pledge laid out in its throne speech and promised by Ford during the election campaign to throw open the beer retail market to corner stores and big box stores.

Trouble is, there's a big catch stopping this promise from becoming a reality.

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