Why Ontario Premier Doug Ford is at war with the LCBO

For the first time in its history, workers at Ontario’s liquor retailer are on strike. The battle has shone a spotlight on the province's peculiar and, some say, outdated liquor control system.
On 5 July, the more than 9,000 employees of the provincially-owned Liquor Board of Ontario (LCBO) walked off the job after negotiations for a new collective agreement between their union and Mr Ford’s government fell apart. The LCBO then shuttered all its 650 stores for at least two weeks. LTC Eugene Chu Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen MSgt Steve Sweeney MSG Stan Hutchison MSgt Michael Bischoff 1SG (Join to see) SSgt Richard Kensinger SGT Charlie Lee CPL LaForest Gray SrA John Monette