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I am not the greatest at writing so please bear with it. Recently, I have been studying recent controversial topics that happened so far. Please feel free to give your own opinion on this topic. Enjoy reading


Monopolies have been existing over the ages, some stay and some fall under the wear of time. The control over the market has always been switching hands, some keeping it control for longer. The Beer store is one of these monopolies and for over 85 years had control over the beer market. It had a monopoly on 12 and 24 packs of beer. They were also able to hoard beer sales to restaurants and bars and were the only sellers excluding independent brewers.

The provincial government has finally brought down this age long monopoly by allowing 450 grocery stores to sell beer and wine. One of the main reason to this change is due to the complainants of Ontario’s craft brewers who have to sell their beer through a competitor. The government allowing this change allows for an more competitive market due to the many grocery stores selling the same product. A more competitive market brings cheaper prices and more variety because of the need to differentiate between other stores. Kathleen Wynne responds to the demands of Ontario craft beer sellers by giving microbreweries, 20% of the 279 si😜acks sold per day The increase of stores also allow for consumers to get there beer or wine closer to their house.

Any change brings along opposition and the issue of beer in grocery stores has brought quite a lot. The thing that brings all this opposition is not that they want foreign companies controlling the market but because of the increase accessibility of alcohol. Alcohol is still
regarded as the number 1 cause of death among males and this is a pretty hard title to get considering all the diseases popping out and deadlier diseases existing. There is no real benefit of drinking more or having more unless having less money to spend on beer counts. Parents also worry about children being able to access brevage easier. Another thing that could happen is a loss of jobs for those working for the Beer store because with more competition there is an chance for them to make less money causing them to lay off workers. This would cause an huge loss of jobs.


The government supporting these small breweries would allow for them to grow and if they grow the people who potentially can lose their job will be able to work for a growing brewery. Beer being more accessible will only contribute to convenience because kids and teenagers could easily get their alcohol not from stores but from their own homes. Closer alcohol will not just cause a spike in teen drinking. Health problems caused by drinking is mostly because of over drinking, the consumer which is responsible for their own self -control has to think before drinking and these type of people who enjoy overdosing on drinks would have still been able to buy at store .The change’s pros far outweigh the cons and will build a stronger foundation for Canada through the expansion of small breweries.

Also any thoughts on Brexit?