In case people notice the change, in a super sketchy move, the Ontario government is letting retailers (aka their friends at loblaws and convenience stores) lower the displayed price of alcohol to exclude taxes and deposits. https://www.agco.ca/en/news/information-bulletin-new-regulatory-amendments-alcohol-sale-convenience-and-grocery-stores #onpoli #sellingdrugs #neoliberalism
Information Bulletin: New Regulatory Amendments for Alcohol Sale in Convenience and Grocery Stores | Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario

@Auxonic They recently took the HST out of the prices at The Beer Store. Personally would rather we include sales tax in the sticker price on everything like they do Europe. I get the logic of making it obvious how much is tax, but it's so annoying.
@Auxonic WTF is this about? I mean, yeah that sounds absurdly naive on my part, but WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!! My son's boss saw workers drinking beer at 10 am this morning ...on the job and then getting into trucks and driving off. DUI anyone?

@Auxonic Every move Ford & Co make shows their presumption of gullibility (or at least apathy) on the part of Ontario voters.

Will he ever be proven wrong? #onpoli

@Jgmeadows @Auxonic he appears to be counting on the white male high-school educated vote. That'd why everything is about construction, a field dominated by that demographic. He's also counting on going to the polls while the Trudeau Liberals are in power, figuring that Ontario voters don't know the difference between federal and provincial