I think that allowing these expanded liquor sales is too little too late to make the enterprise profitable and the prime reason is that the diaspora has changed. The current diaspora shift is towards less alcohol consumption, at least the types that would make it profitable for your average convenience store . The type of Ontarians that would have made this change economically viable for the convenience stores are in their twilight, retire, or almost retired, dead or in retire ment homes. The “stoners’ have long since retired. The new wave of immigrants drinks a fraction of the alcohol consumption that the increasing extinct “ Ontarians “ that Ford the dealer is courting politically.
The regulations, recycling responsibilities, lack of variety, possibility of employing security guards and administration hassles make many convenience stores give pause to this option.
As I recall, Quebec City conveniences stores had grossly Inferior selections to what was available in the LCBO or the Beer Store.
