{"id":16561,"date":"2025-12-10T19:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/ontario-liberals-want-province-to-sell-off-u-s-liquor-and-give-proceeds-to-charity\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T19:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:30:18","slug":"ontario-liberals-want-province-to-sell-off-u-s-liquor-and-give-proceeds-to-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/ontario-liberals-want-province-to-sell-off-u-s-liquor-and-give-proceeds-to-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Liberals want province to sell off U.S. liquor and give proceeds to charity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Toronto\u00b7UpdatedOntario\u2019s Liberals are pushing Doug Ford\u2019s government to sell the province\u2019s stockpile of U.S. booze that is sitting in storage.Liberal parliamentary leader says proceeds should be donated to food banksLiam Casey \u00b7 The Canadian Press \u00b7 Posted: Dec 10, 2025 3:16 PM EST | Last Updated: 14 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Liberal parliamentary Leader John Fraser says Ontario Premier Doug Ford should tell the LCBO to sell the booze and donate the proceeds to food banks. (Yvette Brend\/CBC)Ontario\u2019s Liberals are pushing Doug Ford\u2019s government to sell the province\u2019s stockpile of U.S. booze that is sitting in storage.Liberal parliamentary Leader John Fraser says Ford should tell the Liquor Control Board of Ontario to sell the booze and donate the proceeds to charity.Ford pulled American alcohol off LCBO shelves in March in response to U.S. President Donald Trump imposing tariffs on Canadian goods.\u201dWhy don\u2019t we just sell it off and use those profits and give it to food banks on behalf of all Ontarians?\u201d Fraser said Wednesday.The province said about $80 million worth of American booze is in storage and about $2 million worth could expire in the next six months.The province is not ruling out the idea.\u201dU.S. alcohol will remain off shelves and is being held in storage until further notice,\u201d said Emily Hogeveen, a spokeswoman for Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy.\u201dWe are currently exploring options for the products.\u201dMost other provinces have banned the sale of American booze, except Alberta and Saskatchewan.Newfoundland and Labrador recently announced it would sell its $3.2 million worth of inventory and give the roughly $1 million in profits to the Community Food Sharing Association, a charity that warehouses food in St. John\u2019s and distributes it to about 60 food banks across the province.Nova Scotia has already begun selling its $14-million stockpile and will donate the profits, roughly $4 million, to charity.Manitoba recently began selling some of its U.S. booze for a limited time. The province initially thought it would sell $1 million worth, but private retailers, restaurants, lounges and other businesses snapped up nearly double that in the first four hours, before the alcohol went on sale for the general public. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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