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Re:Ontario unveils plan for government chain of marijuana st... by sgift on Friday September 08, 2017 @06:10PM (#15204318)
Governments are beholden to people, not markets. Profit is not their main incentive.
Re:Ontario unveils plan for government chain of marijuana st... by noarchy on Friday September 08, 2017 @07:19PM (#15204666)
You can tell yourself that, but the purpose of LCBO at this stage is the money it makes for government. Liquor prohibition is a distant memory. If you don't realize that, you risk buying into their rhetoric about "protecting children" that they're peddling for weed monopolies.