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Agency Stores Campaign

 

March 23, 2012 LBED Surveys Convenience Store Owners on Beer and Wine Sales.  Last October, the Ontario Convenience Stores Association lobbied the parties to allow beer and wine sales in corner stores.  Members were concerned that this was another effort to privatize beer and wine sales in Ontario.  The LBED Anti-Privatization Committee responded by hiring a polling company to conduct a survey of convenience store owners.  Click here to view the full survey
 

In 2005, the McGuinty government promised to keep the LCBO public. On April 3, 2007, Premier McGuinty said selling beer and wine in corner stores would make it easier for kids to buy alcohol. So why are the government and the LCBO opening more private agency stores that sell alcohol in grocery stores, convenience stores and other private businesses?

Avoid Agency Stores!

There are more than 200 LCBO Agency Stores in the province – most of them in southern Ontario. LBED members encourage consumers to avoid Agency Stores if at all possible. For a complete list of communities where Agency Stores are located click here

Watch LBED’s anti-Agency Store video on YouTube

 


 

 Agency stores short-change Ontario communities.
They don’t provide the same level of service and selection as a real LCBO store. They increase the risk of sales to kids and people who are intoxicated. And they cost the provincial government millions in lost revenue.

You can help !  Send a message to your MPP and Premier McGuinty  .

Find out more

See the links below for more information on agency stores, privatization, the risks to Ontario communities and what you can do about it.

June 20, 2010  Public sector trade unionists from across Canada have pledged their full support in OPSEU's fight to stop the sell-off of Ontario Crown corporations by the Liberal government of Dalton McGuinty more...  

May 28, 2010 In the face of Ontario’s $21 billion dollar deficit, selling Ontario’s crown jewels is getting another round of debate. more...

May 12, 2010 Echo Newsletter for OPSEU members of the LCBO Issue 32 LBED prepared to fight Premier’s plans on possible privatization; everyone’s a winner with casual benefits; Region 1 health and safety activists meet   more....

McGuinty takes wrong turn on asset sales

December 23, 2009 Hugh Mackenzie, Research Associate at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, says in today’s Toronto Star that the sale of Crown assets such as the LCBO does nothing to address whatever long-term fiscal issues Ontario faces. more...

Don't sell the LCBO, Steelworker economist says

December 17, 2009 "Why should the government give up $3 of annual revenue to save $1 of annual interest costs?" Erin Weir, economist for the United Steelworkers, weighs in on the idea of privatizing the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. more...

Stop talk of LCBO privatization

December 17, 2009 Premier McGuinty should put an immediate end to speculation the LCBO may be sold off to help balance the provincial budget more...

Help Wanted: LBED needs your support to bring home the money!

November 24, 2009 In small communities across the Province of Ontario, the government has licensed store owners to operate liquor and beer outlets called Agency Stores, which are disguised as Real LCBOs.  more…

Mount Albert Wants a Real LCBO!

January 26,  2009 News Release In a deputation to East Gwillimbury Town Council today LBED chair Vanda Klumper called on Queen’s Park to order the LCBO to replace a privately-owned ‘agency’ kiosk in Mount Albert with a real, full-service LCBO more...

Read LBED’s briefing to East Gwillimbury town council

June 19, 2007 - The Echo newsletter: Divisional meeting elects new LBED leadership team, BPS conference puts focus on provincial election, more...
Previous Issues >>>

Agency Stores Campaign:

April 10, 2007 – Help put a lid on private agency stores. Send an e-mail to Premier McGuinty and your MPP

March 29, 2007 - LCBO Agency Store Repatriation: A Financial Analysis - Consultant's report on financial benefits of replacing private agency stores with real LCBO outlets. more...

March 29, 2007 - Agency store list: 89 private agency stores that should be replaced with real LCBO stores. more...

March 29, 2007 - Who's selling alcohol in your town? Facts about the LCBO, private "agency stores" and Ontario communities. more...

March 29, 2007 - News Release: McGuinty government losing millions through private LCBO agency stores. more...

March 29, 2007 - LCBO Agency Store Repatriation: A Financial Analysis - Consultant's report on financial benefits of replacing private agency stores with real LCBO outlets. more...

March 29, 2007 - Agency store list: 89 private agency stores that should be replaced with real LCBO stores. more...

March 29, 2007 - Who's selling alcohol in your town? Facts about the LCBO, private "agency stores" and Ontario communities. more...

November 30, 2006 Taking it to the streets. Photos from the LBED day of action on agency stores

November 23, 2006 OPSEU Day of Action Nov. 24 targets "back-door privatization" of LCBO

November 23, 2006  Kids & Booze – Who’s Minding the Store? OPSEU pamphlet on private agency stores, the risks to our kids and our communities - and how you can help.

November 23, 2006  Our LCBO – Let’s Keep It Public! Send a postcard to Dalton McGuinty. To pick up a postcard, contact your OPSEU steward or regional office.

November 22, 2006  The Echo: Issue #10 Day of Action set for Nov. 24 to launch agency stores campaign

October 6, 2006  The Echo: Issue #9 Agency stores campaign aims to halt '”privatization through the back door.”

September 5, 2006  Protecting the Public Interest: The Threat of Privatization and the LCBO’s Agency Store Program. OPSEU submission to the Standing Committee on Government Agencies.

June 2, 2006 Ontario Public Health Association opposes government's plan to open 20 new agency stores.

May 19, 2006  Open letter to the acting chair of LCBO on the expansion of agency stores.

May 15, 2006  OPSEU calls for a moratorium on new LCBO agency stores as government announces 20 new private stores to sell alcohol across Ontario.

More information on the serious risks of alcohol privatization:


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