The Mac’s convenience network is owned by the largest corner store chain in North America. It’s the famous Couche-Tard (Night Owl) mammoth from Quebec. Their Ontario boss, Tom Moher, unrolled his Christmas list today at the Toronto and Region Board of Trade. All he wants for Christmas is the freedom to sell beer in his stores. And if he gets that, Mr. Moher will be a very, very good boy. We’re colouring this up a bit but Mac’s promises to open 27 new stores (presumably across Ontario) and hire 1800 more people if it gets permission from the Ontario government. Well, we’re sorry, but we have to play the proxy Grinch in this tale. Mac’s has almost no chance of getting any such thing. The Premier will decide you know. That’s how we do things here. The Leaside lady of Liberal Party things that are good-for-you will find it hard, we think, to entertain more readily available beer, especially in the hands of (yeww!) private operators. No, no, no. We’re guessing her sensibilities in such matters are similar to her feelings about gambling. And you know how that worked out.
