A toast to liquor privatization
Nove Scotia should press ahead with its proposed privatisation of the province's government liquor monopoly if Alberta's experience is any guide, says AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley. "... here's the trade-off we'll be facing if the government follows through on its promises: four times the employment, five times the product selection, lower liquor prices, many new tax-paying businesses, longer service hours. In other words, a consumer and taxpayer bonanza versus preserving a handful of protected jobs that pay way over the odds at the expense of consumers and taxpayers throughout the province." Publication: CHH, August 30, 2000.