Christmas Spirit$

 Alcoholic Beverages
     I looked in MM to see what I have written about booze and I will just say that the MADD members would not approve. Last year, I admitted in "Sober Hypochondria" that I was not able to stay dry, even for just January, and I provided some evidence that perhaps alcohol was not as bad as the health people suggest. The title and sub-title of this post is all you will need to determine where I stand: "Sobriety May Be Overrated: Ammo for Alkies."
   Many of us plan to drink a lot in the next few days and promise not to drink once the bell rings in the new year. Most of us are better at planning, at least about things that are booze-related, than we are at keeping promises. That the promise part is difficult is attested to by a fellow British boozer.
   Although he knew it would be difficult he was determined to limit his consumption to 100 bottles of wine for the year. How difficult that goal is, you abstainers won't appreciate. He thought that if he stayed dry for January, he would have about eight bottles to his credit and only eleven months left. While he did have some alcohol-free days during that dreadful month, "the long and the short of it is I got through my 100-bottle quota in the first three months of the year!" (the exclamation point is provided by me, since I know you sober people probably gasped.)
   Wait, it gets worse. Having decided to drink less, he also decided to purchase wines of a better quality.  "I immediately splurged on good wine - claret and white Burgundy for the most part - and then guzzled it all by springtime. Some of it was around £75, such as 2009 Domaine de Chevalier, but most of it was in the £30-£40 range, such as 2015 Segla, which worked out at £33.20 a bottle." Note the £ symbol. I drink mostly "plonk" as the Brit would say, but I do realize that booze is expensive.

Very Expensive Bottles
  How expensive, you ask? Here are the five most expensive bottles in stock at the LCBO stores here in Ontario. They are all Scotch whiskies. The Scots have to be frugal to afford these.

1. $69,999.95

Coming in at number one is The Dalmore Cask Curation Series: The Sherry Edition.

2. $55,849.95

For nearly $56,000, you can purchase a single 700 ml bottle of The Dalmore Constellation Collection Cask 2 Single Malt Scotch Whisky 1971.

3. $55,000

For $55,000, you can get a 700 ml bottle of Bowmore 1969 Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky.

4. $47,000

A 700 ml bottle of The Dalmore 45-Year-Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky goes for $47,000.

5. $40,000

At number five, for $40,000 you can buy a 750 ml bottle of Highland Park 50-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky from Scotland

Booze That People Purchase
   According to the LCBO data, folks here were more likely to buy American whiskey than Scotch, and Tequila is very popular. About 35% of sales was for spirits, 28% for wine and 23% for beer, which is easily purchased elsewhere. The illustrations are from the LCBO Quarterly Update, June 23 to Oct. 12

 

Sources: "Could I Limit Myself to 100 Bottles of Wine A Year?" Toby Young, The Spectator, Dec. 14, 2024.

"The 5 Most Expensive Bottles of Alcohol at the LCBO in Ontario," Ryan Rocca, Insauga.com, Dec. 4, 2024

P.S. "Both spellings of the word, "whiskey" and "whisky," are correct. The tricky part is matching the right spelling with the right country of origin. If you’re talking about a drink that’s been made in Scotland, Canada, or Japan, use the spelling without the e—whisky. When referring to drinks distilled in the United States or Ireland, use the e—whiskey."

Olde Posts Addenda (4)

 More "Breaking News" to add to the older news items already provided in Mulcahy's Miscellany. 

Excessive Drinking - OF WATER!
   Back in 2021 I questioned whether we really needed to carry a large bottle of water with us when we drove to the 7-Eleven to get a Slurpee (see "Hydration: Going Against the Current.") I don't get out much, but apparently students are still putting canteens in their backpacks and carrying large water jugs for the short distance between seminars.
   This was noticed by Frank Bruni who writes for The New York Times. When he was asked to characterize the students at Duke, where he teaches, he offered this description in his weekly newsletter. He makes the point I was trying to make in my hydration post, but he does a better job, which is why he writes for the NYT and I don't. It is really quite good and is found in the Newsletter on Nov.21, 2024:

   "What’s most remarkable about my students isn’t their wokeness or pre-professionalism. It’s their sogginess. They drink water constantly. They carry water everywhere. If the young people who fought in World War II were the Greatest Generation, the young people pursuing their bachelor’s degrees today are the Moistest one. They live on the cusp of some imagined desert, beside an oasis that’s their last call.

Sometimes I glance at the desks in a lecture hall or the big table in a seminar room and think I’m looking at an art exhibit of Exotic Cylinders. There are improbably tall, slender water vessels and squatter, wider ones, though almost all taper at the base, the better to fit into the cup holders of cars and cardio equipment. They are shiny and matte, turquoise and lavender, their provenance imprinted on them in distinctive fonts. Here a Corkcicle or an Owala, there a Stanley or a Yeti.

Those brand names are a clue that part of what I’m seeing is pure commercialism: If you build it, they will fill it with water. Canny entrepreneurs have turned the frumpy canteens of yesteryear, associated with cowboys and mountaineers, into the spiffy fashion statements of today, dangling from student knapsacks and essential for any vigorous Peloton session.

But there’s more to it than that. There are principles, politics: The refillable Hydro Flask or ThermoFlask replaces the disposable plastic receptacle and represents scrupulous stewardship of the environment. There are economics: A beloved, portable vessel with water from a tap obviates an Evian or a Dasani from the convenience store refrigerator case.

And there is self-care, an ineluctable phrase that didn’t exist — or had negligible exposure — when I attended college. My students correctly wager that health-wise, including skin-wise, hydration is best, so lugging around liquid sustenance is a kind of personal optimization. It abets peak performance. Along with a dewy complexion.

I reflect on my desiccated youth — when there were old-style water fountains rather than newfangled water stations, and I had to bend over and slurp up enough to last me several hours — and feel foolish and cheated, the improbable survivor of a parched and primitive time. I now understand why my fellow boomers and I made a mess of the world, and the generations after ours should cut us some slack. We were thirsty."

Excessive Eating - The Obesity Epidemic
  More recently in, "Weighing In" obesity was observed and proof is now offered in: "Three-Quarters of U.S. Adults Are Now Overweight or Obese: A Sweeping New Paper Revels the Dramatic Rise of Obesity Rates Nationwide Since 1990," Nina Agrawal, The New York Times, Nov. 14, 2024. Definitions are offered for the plus-sized people and I will have to check and see if I belong to that growing crowd:The paper defined “overweight” adults as those who were age 25 and over with a body mass index at or over 25, and “obese” adults as those with a B.M.I. at or over 30.
The "sweeping new paper" is found in The Lancet, "National-level and state-level prevalence of overweight and obesity among children, adolescents, and adults in the USA, 1990–2021, and forecasts up to 20," Nov. 14, 2024. "Over the past several decades, the overweight and obesity epidemic in the USA has resulted in a significant health and economic burden. Understanding current trends and future trajectories at both national and state levels is crucial for assessing the success of existing interventions and informing future health policy changes."

More Metals  At Costco - Now You Can Also Buy Platinum
   

   Oddly enough, when I complete this post I will likely have spent as much time writing about Costco as shopping there. Although they are getting out of the book business (see:"More Bad News For Books"), you can find on their shelves, gold(see: "Gold At Costco!!) and silver (see: "Hi Ho Silver??) to take to your compound when the apocalypse arrives. You will have food that lasts years if you have also purchased "Readywise, Costco's Emergency Food Kit" (see: "Evidence of End Times at Costco?".)
   "The sales of silver and gold are going well and now Costco is offering bars of platinum. The Costco website lists the item as a one-ounce (roughly 28.3 grams) 999.5 pure platinum bar “with a proof-like finish.”  The bars bear the image of Lady Fortuna, the Roman goddess of luck and good fortune – an image also on some of Costco’s gold bars. Customers will need a Costco membership to buy these bars. Unlike most other products available at Costco, however, you can’t buy this one in bulk. There is a limit of one transaction per membership, with a maximum of five units per member. The bars are also non-refundable."
For more see: "Platinum Rush? Costco Is Selling a New Precious Metal in the U.S." Uday, Rana, Global News, Oct. 4, 2024.

BOOZE At Costco For Ontarians
  While platinum is not yet available to us, we can now purchase, beer, wine, champagne and some 'soft' mixed cocktails at Costco, but not the hard stuff. For that, we will still have to go to the LCBO, but it is not yet clear what we do with all of the empty containers. See: "Ontario's 41 Costco Locations Can Sell Alcohol As Of Oct. 31, 2024," CBC News, Oct. 30, 2024. 

Happy Thanksgiving to Those In the U.S. 
   You have a lot to be thankful for - platinum at Costco, for example. Eat that turkey, but begin a diet in the new year.

The History of Everything

   

   I am undertaking this post during the COVID-19 pandemic and my assignment is to come up with books for you to read. I am doing so because the emails I now am receiving are desperate indeed. Even my hockey-playing buddies are looking for books, since they have already watched the Chatham curling championship from 1979 three times and their wives have seized the remotes. (I should clarify because one of the hockey playing guys says he sometimes reads this dribble. They play hockey; I am just a ‘buddy’.)

   The answer I am suggesting for the shortage of good reading material  comes in the form of history books, many of which are now marginally more interesting than curling. Historians  are no longer concerned only with Kings or Queens. They now embrace the Commoners and look below stairs where they have found subjects like sex and ‘queens’ of a different kind. The Cliometricians have come along behind them and calculated everything, but that is a subject for a different post. In short, historians are now studying everything.

   Bryson’s, A Short History of Nearly Everything is mainly about science and Wilber’s A Brief History of Everything looks a little too spiritual and philosophical, while Sigmar Polke’s  History of Everything is really about only paintings and drawings. Daum’s, The Problem With Everything is about the culture wars, a subject which I am trying to avoid. I will not pretend to be able to write about everything since I have difficulty in writing about anything. But, I can at least direct you to books about the history of all the things included within everything.

 ABECEDARY

   I will present you with an abecedary of books. For each letter I will offer a history book. For some letters there will be more than one, so there will be more books recommended than whatever the number is for the number of letters in the alphabet.

   I know you are thinking this will be easy. For even those letters in the lower latitudes it can’t be that difficult to find a corresponding historical work. Take “Y” for example. Surely there must be a History of Yugoslavia -- but, Yugoslavia no longer exists. See how tricky this exercise is. Now you can appreciate the problems that I have had to deal with.

   You will find some interesting books. I am still wondering about a few of them: how does one research the history of TWILIGHT, the NIGHT, SLEEP or the WIND? You will also find some that are not in alphabetical order: I snuck some BOOZE histories under the letter “G”. You will also find some odd juxtapositions: “C” books about Cannibalism and Cookbooks, and “F” books about Fat and Famine. There is also one there about the history of the F-Word, just to provide a little additional incentive.

  You will also not find some books. These two, for example, about the history of Fear: Fear: The History of a Political Idea, by Corey Robin and  Fear: A Cultural History, by Joanna Bourke. We have enough to be fearful of and I thought it best not to include them. You will not find any works of fiction since they can be about anything. Most of these books will not be found at the local Indigo store or library and, anyway they are closed. Amazon and Abe, however, seem to still be up and running.

   Those of you who are interested should consult A History For Every Letter which, alone provides you with enough reading for the rest of the day. It may take a bit of time to load since I have provided some cover art for those of you who judge books by their covers.

The Privatization of the Liquor Business

Booze in Canada

[Update: In April 2019 the Ford government's first budget announced that alcohol would now be sold in Ontario in more places and be served at an earlier hour. A while back I did this related post which offers information about booze laws generally in Canada along with a bibliography.]

      Today there is an article in the London Free Press asking this question - "With Beer and Wine on Ontario Grocery Shelves, Why Not Liquor?" (see: "Distillers Seek Shelf Space in Supermarkets," Hank Daniszewski,  London Free Press, March 20, 2018.) Even though we can now walk to some grocery stores to buy some types of beer and may soon be able to purchase dope, the sale of alcoholic beverages is still tightly controlled.  For many years, throughout Canada, more ink has been spilled over this subject than booze consumed.

   I recall working on this subject over a decade ago and the somewhat dated results may be of use since the bibliography is a good one. Keep in mind that it has not been updated since c.2005. It was done at the University of Western Ontario (now Western University) as a guide for the faculty and students. It is no longer available on the University website and the University is not responsible for it. The document has been slightly edited (by me) and I have attempted to cure some of the 'link rot'.

   The pasting of the contents eliminated the italicization of titles and for that an apology is made. Keep in mind that it has not been updated since 2005. Still, the coverage is Canada-wide and the references will be useful. If you are currently working on this subject for a term paper, you will now have more time to go drinking.

Update: September 2005: [The Business Library had just received a print version of this report which is available online.] "Strategy for Transforming Ontario's Beverage Alcohol System", prepared by the Beverage Alcohol Review Panel. John Lacey, the chair of the panel has outlined the outcomes of the recommendations as being:
1) the consumer would get greater convenience and choice and would benefit from a competitive retain environment
2) the government would remove itself from investment risk while increasing its annual revenues
3) Ontario would continue to benefit from sound social responsibility practices
4) the existing commercial inequities would have been materially addressed.
The html version can be viewed here.

Update: February 2005:
     The information below was originally gathered in 2004. Early in 2005 there was again considerable interest in the subject which was prompted by Finance Minister Greg Sorbara's news conference. At the "Seinfeld News Conference" (labeled as such because it was " a show about nothing" ) it was announced that an independent panel would review the way liquor, wine and beer are distributed in Ontario. Here are some of the reactions: " Is LCBO For Sale or Not?", Guelph Mercury, Jan.14, 2005, p.A8; "Beer in Corner Stores? Ontario Floats the Idea-Province to Examine 'Archaic' Liquor Laws," Richard Brennan & Robert Benzie, Toronto Star, Jan.12, 2005, p.A01 and "Wine, Beer May Come to Corner Stores: LCBO Review Announced," CanWest News Service, Jan 12, 2005. We have worked up quite a thirst in striving to maintain some balance in presenting information about this subject and will continue to do so by pointing you to a couple of editorials for and against privatization; the National Post (which is consistently in favour or privatization) reprinted a Windsor Star editorial which concluded that the government should "get out of the booze business altogether" (see" "Liberalizing Liquor Laws," NP, Jan.14, 2005, p. A17.). The other view is expressed in "Don't Fix What Works," Mark McNeil, The Hamilton Spectator, Jan. 13, 2005, p.A17. All of these resources are available to you electronically and if you have difficulty locating them, consult with library staff.
[I am sure that is still the case].

     In recent months the issue of government control of alcohol sales has been a hotly debated topic and a factor in election campaigns. The subject has a long history and given the fact that political, economic and social factors are involved, many books and articles have been published and most of those are more partisan than disinterested. Our purpose here is to direct you quickly to some recent material that relates to the Canadian situation. Provided below are selected studies and articles held in the Western Libraries that relate to the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Ontario. The list is not an exhaustive one, but an attempt was made to choose articles representing different points-of-view. For assistance in locating the articles in the collections or in databases, consult with library staff. Most of the articles below were taken from databases provided by ProQuest and in many cases the articles are fully accessible electronically to members of the UWO community.
There are many books related to this topic in the Western Libraries. There are a number of good subject headings from which to choose. Here are some suggestions: Drinking of alcoholic beverages - Canada ; Liquor Laws ; and Prohibition. For an excellent reference source see: Alcoholic Beverage Taxation and Control Policies. This expensive resource is published periodically by the Brewers Association of Canada. It contains international data relating to such things as "The Government Approach to Control and Sale of Alcoholic Beverages;" "Pattern of Drinking and Beverages Consumed"; "Statistics on the Alcoholic Beverage Industries" and "Per Capita Consumption". Many countries are covered ranging from Australia to the United States (the latest edition is still the 9th from 1997 as of early 2004).
Material is also found on the web. Two union sites that take an interest in the issue are the National Union of Public and General Employees (http://www.nupge.ca ) and the [Liquor Board Employees Union (https://opseu.org/sector/liquor-board-employees ). ]At the latter site, links are provided to additional studies. The issue and related studies on privatization are often found at "Think Tanks".[link deleted]
There are two studies that are often referred to in the articles below. For your convenience they are provided here since they represent two approaches to the issue: 1) Douglas West, The Privatization of Liquor Retailing in Alberta and 2) Greg Flanagan, Sobering Result: The Alberta Liquor Retailing Industry Ten Years After Privatization.

Alberta:

A New Era in Liquor Administration: The Alberta Experience.
Out of Control: Paying the Price for Privatizing Alberta's Liquor Control Board
Brownsey, Keith, "Selling the Store: Privatizing Alberta's Liquor Stores," in Public Administration And Policy: Governing In Challenging Times.
David MacLean ." Union's Liquor Store Analysis Untrustworthy,"(Oct 30, 2003), Star - Phoenix (Saskatoon) p. A15
"Distilling the Facts: Flaws in Liquor Retailing Industry Don't Justify Return to Monopoly," (Jun 5, 2003). Calgary Herald p. A20.
Fred H. Smith, "Privatized Liquor Sales Pay Dividends," (Nov 4, 2003) Star - Phoenix p. A12
Kelly Cryderman . Private Liquor Stores Drink a Toast on 10th birthday: Consumers Were Skeptical in 1993," . (Dec 22, 2003) Edmonton Journal p. A1
Mairi MacLean, " Albertans Drinking More, and Better: Tastes Change, with Red Wine Overtaking White: StatsCan Review, (Aug 31, 2002). Edmonton Journal p. E1
Michelle Lang, " Study Toasts Success of Private Liquor Sales," (Mar 2, 2003). Calgary Herald p. A1 Sorcha McGinnis "Report Raps Liquor Privatization (Jun 5, 2003) Calgary Herald , p. A10
"Alberta Streamlining, Privatizing Paperwork" (Oct 15, 1999). Canadian Press Newswire p. n/a.
"No Beer with your Cheerios, But the Critics were Wrong: The Province Rejects Grocery Chain Demands for a Wide Open Private Liquor Market" (Jul 21, 1997). Alberta Report 24 (32), p. 18-19.
"Liquor Privatization Costs Albertans" (Jun 30, 1997). The Gazette, p. A7.
"Province Limiting its Revenues from Liquor Sales" (Jun 29, 1997). Canadian Press Newswire p. n/a.
"Alberta's Liquor Store Privatization: Economic and Social Impacts Policy Options" (Apr 1997). Policy Options,Vol.18, (3), p. 24-27.
"Raise a Glass to Private Liquor Retailing in Alberta - Byfield" (Aug 17/19, 1996). Financial Post , 90 (33), p. 18.
"The Privatization Hangover: Liquor Dealers are Battling for Survival" (Aug 11, 1996). Calgary Herald p. C7,C8.
"One Thumb up for Liquor Privatization: a University of Alberta Prof. says Alberta's new Booze Retail Industry is Mostly a Success (Douglas West's study)" (Jul 15, 1996). Western Report 11 (26), p. 8-9.
"Privatization Brings Mixed Results: Study (Centre for the Study of State & Market at University of Toronto and University of Alberta)" (Jun 25, 1996). Canadian Press Newswire p. n/a.
"Report on Western Canada" (Feb 19, 1996). Marketing Magazine 101 (7), p.10-16.
"Spirit of the West: Everyone's talking about Privatized Liquor Stores in Alberta: Prices are Higher, Selection is Down, Crime is Rampant. Problem is, none of what they're Saying is True" (Dec 1995). Toronto Life 29 (18), p. 71-75.
"Beer Sales Fall Despite Liquor Privatization (1994 data)" (Aug 6, 1995). Canadian Press Newswire p. n/a.
"Reports Show Two Faces of Liquor Privatization (Debate over Alberta's decision to privatize liquor retailing)" (Mar/Apr 1995). Addiction Research Foundation 24 (2), p. 3.
"A Crash Course in Security: Private Liquor Store Owners Cope with Drive-in Break-Ins" (Mar 27, 1995). Western Report 10 (9), p. 20-21.
"Crisp, with a Hint of Profits: Three Microbreweries Open in Alberta" (Mar 6, 1995). Western Report 10 (6), p. 20-21. "Klein's Free Market Utopia," Canadian Dimension" (Feb 1995) 29 (1), p.20
"Learning from Canada's Reagan," Wall Street Journal (Feb 23, 1995). p. A14.
"West Raises his Glass to Liquor Privatization: His One-Year-Later Report says the Nay-Sayers were all Wet " (Jan 9, 1995). Western Report 9 (50), p. 12-13.
"Alberta, Public Enemy #1: Another Left-Wing Lobby Arrives to Hunt for Hard-Luck Victims of Ralphonomics" (Sep 26, 1994). Western Report 9 (35), p. 16.
"Academic Studies come Cheap these days: a Liquor Privatization Report tells its Sponsors what they want to Hear" (Sep 19, 1994). Western Report 9 (34), p. 20-21.
"Liquor Privatization Leaves Hangover, Study Finds" (Alberta) (Sep 1, 1994). Canadian Press Newswire p. n/a.
"Montana Just Keeps Getting Closer: Alberta too may soon let Grocery Chains Sell Beer, Wine and Spirits" (Jul 25, 1994). Western Report 9 (26), p. 14-15.
"A Vintage Deal for Wine Merchants: ALCB Subsidies to Wine Stores Smack of Getty-style Cronyism (Alberta Liquor Control Board)". (Jul 11, 1994). Western Report 9 (24), p. 14-15.
"Any Benefits for Grocers Rest with Patience and Time: a Toast to Alberta for its Move to Privatize Liquor Sales" (Nov 1993). Canadian Grocer 107 (11), p. 5.
"Brewing Up a Storm: Alberta's Beer Industry Bubbles Despite a Flat Market " (Nov 1, 1993). Western Report 8 (40), p.15.
"Alberta Leaves Grocers Out of Liquor Store Privatization" (Oct 1993). Canadian Grocer 107 (10), p. 7.
"Union to Sue Province Over Privatization (of liquor stores)" (Oct 12, 1993). Calgary Herald (index-only) p. A2.
"West's ALCB master stroke (Alberta Liquor Control Board): the Historic Semi-Privatization of Liquor Sales has one Motive, Money" (Sep 20, 1993). Western Report 8 (34), p. 6-9.
"Liquor Privatization Assailed" (Sep 16, 1993). Financial Post (index-only) 6 (130), p. 50.
"Privatizing the Booze Trade: Taxpayers could Benefit if the ALCB Sold off its Retail Outlets" (Aug 23, 1993). Western Report 8 (30), p. 8-9.
"Aid for Roughriders Angers Social Critics: Liquor Plan Raises Privatization Fears" (Feb 9, 1990). The Globe And Mail p. A1,A4.

British Columbia

Demon Rum or Easy Money: Government Control of Liquor in British Columbia from Prohibition to Privatization
Liquor Policies for British Columbians
Liquor Policy Review: Background Information for a Consultative Process
"Tax cuts, Government Reform Largely imaginary in B.C.", Niels Veldhuis and Todd Gabel. National Post, Dec 29, 2003. p.FP09
"Flip-flop on Liquor is a Policy Mistake," Mark Milke. Times - Colonist Victoria,Oct 27, 2003. p. A6
Setting liquor free: B.C. Unions have quasi-monopolistic grip on Liquor Sales," Mark Milke. National Post, Oct 22, 2003. p. FP17
"Alberta can Toast our Stupidity -- Cheaply," Mark Milke. The Province ,Oct 16, 2003. p. A22
"Consumers' Association Commends British Columbia Government For Rejecting Alberta-Style Liquor Stores and Calls For Major Updating of BC Liquor Stores," Canada Newswire, Oct 13, 2003. p. 1
"Consumers the Losers in Gov't Backdown on Liquor Privatization," (Oct 14, 2003). The Province p. A20
"Privatization won't mean a jump in liquor prices," Anthony Gismondi. The Vancouver Sun , Jul 30, 2003. p. C.3
"B.C. government ponders best route for privatization of liquor business" Joyce, Greg. Canadian Press Newswire Jun 1, 2003. p.n/a
"Nanaimo liquor store among first to close," Judith Lavoie. Times - Colonist Victoria, Feb 21, 2003. p. A1
"Much to learn from Alberta's liquor privatization: Nine years on, the result is generally positive, Maurice Bridge finds," Maurice Bridge.The Vancouver Sun , Nov 6, 2002. p. D1
"B.C.'s Liquor Privatization Plan puts grocers at odds," Condon, George H. Canadian Grocer, Nov 2002. Vol. 116,Iss. 9, p. 80
"Pseudo-privatization: The BC government isn't going as far as Alberta in getting out of the booze business,"O'Neill, Terry. Report Newsmagazine, Sep 2, 2002. Vol. 29, Iss. 17, p. 19-20
"B.C. following same agenda as Ontario ; Huge cuts in ministry budgets can be accomplished with a simple sweep of the pen, but the cuts come at a cost," Ernie S. Lightman. Toronto Star, Jan 21, 2002. p. A17
"Setting Liquor Free: B.C. Unions have Quasi-Monopolistic Grip on Liquor Sales", National Post
Oct 22, 2003. p. FP.17.
"How to bring Cheap Liquor to BC: a Fraser Institute Conference says Privatization is the Key" (Jul 14, 1997). British Columbia Report 8 (46), p. 16.
"Crushed by High Taxes: Despite Subsidies, BC Wines Lose Ground to the Imports" (Sep 23, 1996). British Columbia Report 8 (4), p. 28-30.
"Scaled Back, Downsized or Sold Off: Privatization of some Provincial Assets seems Inevitable if the NDP is Removed from Office" (Jan 1, 1996). British Columbia Report 7 (18), p. 7.

Nova Scotia

"Government Workers Storm NS Legislature to Protest Privatization " (May 4, 2001). Canadian Press News Wire p. n/a.
"Hamm's Christmas Wish List Includes more Federal Money for Nova Scotia" (Dec 22, 2000). Canadian Press News Wire p. n/a.
"Nova Scotia Legislature Passes Bill to End 33-Year Involvement in Steel Business" (Nov 30, 2000). Canadian Press News Wire p. n/a.
"Privatization Fight Rages in Nova Scotia" (Jul 29, 2000). National Post (index-only) p. D11.
"Forgotten Promises: Joan Jessome on Nova Scotia's Tories" (Apr/May 2000). Our Times 19 (2),
p. 28.
"Nova Scotia Considering Privatizing Liquor Business" (Apr 11, 2000). Canadian Press Newswire p. n/a.

Ontario

The Social Consequences of Privatizing Liquor and Beer Stores, Ted Glenn, Ontario Legislative Library.
"The Deficit; Looking at the LCBO," The Windsor Star, Jan 12, 2004. p. A6
Privatization Would Ruin Ontario's Liquor Business: LCBO boss," The Ottawa Citizen, Mar 19, 2003. p. B5
"Let the Private Sector Take Over," Kingston Whig - Standard, Aug 24, 2002. p. 7
"Privatizing Liquor Sales Makes Sense," Sudbury Star, Aug 11, 2002. p. A8
"Ontario to Grant Rural Liquor Franchises: Form of Privatization, Minister Says" (Sep 22, 2001). National Post,
p. A12.
"Cities Lining Up to Support LCBO" (Jul/Aug 1996). Addiction Research Foundation 25 (4), p. 3 .
"Ontario Gives Thumbs Up to Alberta's Liquor Privatization" (Jul 26, 1996). Canadian Press Newswire p. n/a.
"Liquor Stores Top Privatization List" (Jul 20, 1996). The Globe And Mail p. B2.
"The Harris Revolution" (Jun 10, 1996). Maclean's 109 (24), (6 pp.).
"Molson Opposes Sell-off of LCBO" (Mar 08, 1996). Toronto Star.
"Liquor Privatization: Liquor Union Preparing Ad Blitz, (Addiction & Research Foundation Letter)" (Aug 3, 1995). The Globe And Mail p. A14.
"Liquor Store Union Financing Fight Against Privatization" (Jul 18, 1995). Canadian Press Newswire p. n/a .
"Tories nursing Decision on Liquor Reform: Privatization or Overhaul of LCBO will be studied for at Least Six Months"
(July, 12, 1995). The Globe And Mail p. A3.
"Privatizing the LCBO would put Union's Claims to the Test"- Forum" (Feb 8, 1995). Financial Post (index-only) 8 (4), p. 13.