The Ontario government’s double standard and disdain for ordinary people and businesses were on ugly display recently.

Sixty per cent of Ontarians, according to Angus Reid polling, want beer and wine available in convenience stores. But the petition presented at Queen’s Park last week was shot down before it landed on the table. The public wants it? Who cares? We are the government, we do what we want, not what you want.

There is no good reason for the government to be in any business, much less monopolize a business, including alcohol sales.

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