The Ford government’s push to get beer, wine and ready-made cocktails into convenience stores ahead of its original schedule will cost taxpayers more than $600 million, the province’s budget watchdog says.

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    3 days ago

    Why is he wasting so much of OUR MONEY to push products that are cancer-causing, ruin lives, and enable our most vulnerabel to sink themselves into a deeper hole?

    It’s disturbing that his priorities all focus on causing harm to as many people as possible.

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      3 days ago

      He needs to ramp up health issues before privatizing healthcare. Next we’ll see doctors recommending their favourite cigarettes again.

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      3 days ago

      Ford cares about things he can see

      That’s his buddies, Toronto traffic, and the selection of alcohol at restaurants and the gas station.

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      3 days ago

      He’s just trying to improve the 80K homeless people’s lives. Sitting under the QEW at -20°C with a mickey is a tangible improvement.