In response to a report on Ontario’s alcohol sector,
Canada’s Commissioner of Competition expressed his support
for recommendations to reduce certain restrictions to private
competition in Ontario’s liquor policy.
The report by the Ontario Special Advisor for the Beverage
Alcohol Review, entitled “The
Case for Change: Increasing Choice and Expanding Opportunity in
Ontario’s Alcohol Sector,” was made to
Ontario’s Minister of Finance.
The report makes a number of significant recommendations,
including encouraging the government to do “everything
possible” under its Master Framework Agreement to authorize
additional retail outlets, and to enable price competition between
retailers. The Commissioner, in an
open letter to the Minister of Finance on August 13, 2019,
advocated that many of these recommendations would increase
competition in Ontario’s alcohol sector.
