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• 1 pootz // May 30, 2009 at 8:54 am

  What an abomination. No private corp could withstand this top heavy, fragmented costly management.

  Eg: a demand commodity monopoly that pays $170/yr. for a marking director??

  A monopoly with a sales dept?

  Ridiculous, atrocious, effete.

  I understand now where the political pressure comes from to stop privatization. It isn’t the union, it’s the redundant parasitic crown corp. executive clique.

• 2 Justin // Jul 19, 2009 at 12:48 pm

  pootz:

  Not true. There have been endless cases here and south of the border to demonstrate that the boards and executive management of “private” corporations consume far more money than in our public ones. Many of the top people’s bonuses alone are more than the 170k salary you complain about. These bonuses even come in times where their companies underperform and lose money. Effectively, look at companies in the auto & financial sectors. Of course I say “private” because it’s really executives ripping off you and me, as most of us are shareholders through our pensions or mutual funds.

  The LCBO is extremely profitable and well-run, and the taxpayer reaps the benefit. I wish that most private retailers were as pleasurable to shop in and carried such a wide variety of product. Of course they still need marketing & sales, they are still a business, and need to convince people to buy more.

  The problems you encounter in the Beer Store in terms of eliminating micro-breweries is a by-product of your fond love of private interests controlling the game. I don’t even want to imagine what the LCBO would look like if it were privatized.

• 3 Rich // Sep 3, 2009 at 1:08 am

  Let’s not forget the perks afforded by officers from companies like Bicardi, when they fly them over to Italy, etc. Given the fact that the AGCO was flushed completely due to bribes, etc., we will never know how selfish and underhanded the government can be.

  Privatization can become extremely efficient with legislation and boundaries made through definitions. Just because they’re private, doesn’t mean they will be practicing extortion. That is a fallacy. Government is known to be ignorant about business, and plain old inefficient.

• 4 Northernlight // Feb 23, 2010 at 5:27 pm

  Justin, are you kidding me?!?! Your contention that private companies consume more money that public companies (if even true) misses the fundamental issue here. Private companies work towards a bottom line - to make money. The LCBO operates under the sole purpose of keeping thousands of overpaid people employed. It is a union, pure and simple. There is no point to the LCBO! You are exactly the problem here in Ontario (if not an employee). You walk into the palatial marbled stores, shop for your mass-produced crappy beverages, ignore the rude overpaid tellers, and grab your free magazine on your way out and think ‘Wow, what a great experience.’ Never mind that everything you just saw and touched was paid for by the alcohol tax revenue that should be going to hospitals, police, roads, etc. And that is just the tip of the iceberg. The millions of dollars of bureaucracy, waste and bloat behind the scenes is where we are really getting robbed. Get informed man, because you are either an employee or one of the laughable many blinded by years of union lies and manipulation.

• 5 Jean Garofoli // Jun 28, 2010 at 1:33 pm

  I cannot find out how much, say a cashier, working full time, earns, at an LCBO Store.
  I do know that a cashier, say at Longos or No Frills, or even the Hotshot Sobeys earn $9.50 per hour or less.
  Please, LCBO employee, will someone open up on this? Why hide it???

• 6 Jean Garofoli // Jun 28, 2010 at 1:34 pm

  I forgot. Please, email me on the LCBO cashier earnings subject.

• 7 Kay // Aug 29, 2010 at 5:30 pm

  LCBO cashiers are usually university/college students, and they make minimum wage or a few cents more. Also, if someone can point me to an LCBO with marbled walls or floors, I would love to see one. And mass-produced crappy beverages? They sell Smithwicks and Grey Goose, which are most assuredly not “crappy”.

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