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This lemmy instance is a place for discussing all things related to the fantasy light novel series "Ascendance of a Bookworm" (Japanese Title: "Honzuki no Gekokujō") written by Miya Kazuki and Illustrated by Yō Shiina. Regular bookworms are also welcome to register here.

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Nobody reads this far down right? I'll just shill for J-Novel Club a bit because I love that they sell DRM free Ebooks. Go buy the series from their website.

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Doug Ford's change to booze sales could cost far more than $225M (www.cbc.ca)
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Doug Ford's change to booze sales could cost far more than $225M (www.cbc.ca)
 
 

Premier Doug Ford's push to get beer and wine into convenience stores ahead of schedule will cost Ontario taxpayers at least $225 million, but there's evidence the full price tag actually adds up to hundreds of millions more.

When the Ford government announced that it will pay the multinational owners of The Beer Store to allow what it calls "early implementation" of the expanded alcohol sales, it did not disclose the cost of other key components of its plan. Those components include:

  • Giving private-sector retailers (including grocery and convenience stores) a wholesale discount of 10 per cent off the LCBO's basic retail price.
  • Giving brewers a full rebate of what the LCBO calls its "cost-of-service fees" on wholesale beer sales.
  • Giving more than 8,000 grocery and convenience stores the right to sell beer, wine, cider and ready-to-drink beverages at prices lower than the LCBO's.

Official figures from the Ministry of Finance and the LCBO obtained by CBC News on Monday show the province is facing a net revenue loss of $150 to $200 million per year as a result of the changes, in addition to the Beer Store payment.

The Ontario Liberal Party claims the costs will add up to $1 billion in direct payouts to the Beer Store, grocery chains and convenience store owners, as well as foregone revenue for the LCBO.

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