Letters / Articles on Privatization
Below are links to news articles, response letters, commentaries, resolutions etc. regarding the issue of privatizing the alcohol sales and delivery system in Ontario.
See also:
Position Papers and
Research Reports by various agencies and organizations regarding privatization
OPHA issues press release in response to the Beverage Alcohol Review Panel's Report - July 19, 2005
APN's article re Beverage Review Panel and it's implications to changes to the LCBO - OHPE Bulletin 409.1, April 22, 2005
OPHA's Opinion Piece in The Toronto Star re Proposed Privatization - January 21, 2005
OPHA Letter to Members of Provincial Parliament re Rejection of LCBO Privatization Proposals - December 15, 2004
OPHA's Response to Saturday Night Magazine article by Philip Preville - November 29, 2004
List of Municipalities/Townships Opposing Privatization [PDF], April 21, 2004
Letter to Premier McGuinty from Medical Officer of Health, City of Ottawa [PDF] - April 30, 2004
Letter to Minister Smitherman from Windsor-Essex Health Unit Board [PDF] - April 30, 2004
OPHA Letter to U.S. Trade Representative and European Commissioner for Trade re: "plurilateral" GATS request on alcohol distribution services [PDF], November 28, 2006
OPHA Letter to Member of Provincial Parliament - Public health imperatives support rejection of LCBO privatization proposals [PDF], December 15, 2004
Bill 96: Liquor License Amendment Act. Bring Your Own Wine to Restaurants. CAMH Presentation before the Standing Committee on General Government, Queen's Park, Ontario (December 1, 2004)
Proposed Erosion of Restrictions on Alcohol. CAMH letter to Foreign Affairs and International Trade (April 11, 2003)
Response to Expansion of LCBO Franchise Stores, Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa), May 2002
Northwestern Health Unit's Letter of Support re: City of Toronto Response to Proposed LCBO Franchise Expansion, March 21, 2002
Letter Opposing Beer Sales in Corner Stores, Ontario Community Council On Impaired Driving, September 22, 1999
Response to Extension of Drinking Hours in Ontario [PDF], East York Health Unit, August 22, 1996
The Case for Privatization, Margaret Swaine, Journalist, The Toronto Star, November 20, 1995
The Case Against Privatization, Robert Solomon, Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario, November 20, 1995