Bill, you are the only person in my recent memory who is ok with a monopoly business, despite its obvious, well-documented flaws.
Re private retailers adding profit margin, yes but they have a considerably lower cost structure( partly the result of not being a monopoly but instead having very strong competition. Retail is a tough business and inefficient ones don’t last). Alcohol would be an add-on line which should fit easily into their retailing structure.
And, as I stated, the province will no longer have to carry the significant costs of sites, employees, senior executives etc. The province, which can determine the alcohol tax rate, should be well ahead economically.
With all due respect, I think this is a no-brainer.
Bill, I have never understood your love affair with this expensive, inefficient NSLC organization. Reduce or eliminate it and let the professional retailers handle it. The province can ensure it receives at least the same tax income from the sale of alcohol but it would not have to carry the current level of sites, employees, executives etc. Consumers would get a better range of product at lower prices( do you read Watters in the Globe?). Granted, the current NSLC employees would have trouble finding equivalent work at the same level of remuneration, but that also tells a story.
Using NSLC inefficiency to save people from the effects of alcohol is not a good storyline.
What I like about it is that the province has a monopoly which enables them to dictate a profit level that produces a significant contribution to the treasury.
I would be just as happy if the province did the same thing through private merchants who might be more efficient but would ad their own profit requirement.
Bill, you are the only person in my recent memory who is ok with a monopoly business, despite its obvious, well-documented flaws.
Re private retailers adding profit margin, yes but they have a considerably lower cost structure( partly the result of not being a monopoly but instead having very strong competition. Retail is a tough business and inefficient ones don’t last). Alcohol would be an add-on line which should fit easily into their retailing structure.
And, as I stated, the province will no longer have to carry the significant costs of sites, employees, senior executives etc. The province, which can determine the alcohol tax rate, should be well ahead economically.
With all due respect, I think this is a no-brainer.
Deborah | October 20, 2025 |
Bill, I have never understood your love affair with this expensive, inefficient NSLC organization. Reduce or eliminate it and let the professional retailers handle it. The province can ensure it receives at least the same tax income from the sale of alcohol but it would not have to carry the current level of sites, employees, executives etc. Consumers would get a better range of product at lower prices( do you read Watters in the Globe?). Granted, the current NSLC employees would have trouble finding equivalent work at the same level of remuneration, but that also tells a story.
Using NSLC inefficiency to save people from the effects of alcohol is not a good storyline.
Anon | October 19, 2025 |
What I like about it is that the province has a monopoly which enables them to dictate a profit level that produces a significant contribution to the treasury.
I would be just as happy if the province did the same thing through private merchants who might be more efficient but would ad their own profit requirement.
Bill
Bill | October 20, 2025 |
Well said Bill.
Wayne Armitstead | October 19, 2025 |