02-06-2018, 12:21 AM
(02-05-2018, 10:30 PM)JoeKW Wrote:(02-05-2018, 10:01 PM)Elmira Guy Wrote: Are you saying this is a stated and documented goal behind their pricing? The link doesn't actually cite any government source which states such a strategy.
If it is true, I am opposed to such a strategy, even to supposedly combat alcohol abuse. The powers that be certainly have never taken the same approach with regards to tobacco (at least not successfully or for very long) or junk/processed food.
This article states it explicitly: https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/200..._beer.html
The LCBO doesn't say the same thing however: http://www.lcbo.com/content/lcbo/en/corp...ility.html
From the article;
"But documents obtained under Ontario's freedom-of-information law show that the Ministry of Finance, not the LCBO, pressed for higher beer prices – raising questions about the arm's-length relationship between the two bodies."
This to me is key, as it seems clear to me that the motivation is purely to generate revenue rather than some bizarre and silly notion of social consciousness.
And before anyone snaps at me, I'm not diminishing the seriousness of alcohol abuse, just the idea that alcohol abuse only affects, or is only a problem with, certain income-based demographics.
But I don't think there is any social consciousness involved in the government's decision to raise prices.