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Today's G&M Editorial: The Beer Store: It’s Canada’s best political satire  

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne surprised many observers when she announced today that, after months of study, she has decided that rather than ending the private monopoly known as The Beer Store, her government will instead use it as an inspiration to revitalize the provincial economy.


“I originally thought it might be a good idea to scrap The Beer Store, or at least open the monopoly up a bit,” said the Premier, speaking at an impromptu press conference in front of a shopping mall in suburban Toronto. “But the truth is that monopoly works.”

She described The Beer Store as “a success story the entire world should be emulating.”

As part of the planned redesign of the provincial economy, Ontario’s three largest supermarket chains are to be merged into a single privately owned company. It will operate under the brand name “The Grocery Store.”...