Beer Store: Roger Morais

Beer Store Dept: Two recent columns detailing the absurdities of Ontario s foreign-owned beer cartel left my inbox overflowing. No other topic I ve tackled this year be it health-care or helicopter scandals, gas plants or pension problems generated as much response. In the holiday spirit, I m compelled to share the riches from readers, according to The Star. Thanks for the best kept secret about foreign owners keeping us at ransom, wrote Roger Morais. Like many, he complained of antiquated stores that were designed back in the 50s . . . that haven t changed since and here s a gift from readers before you stock up at The Beer Store for the Christmas holidays: In their own words, from a Beer Store near you, tales of woe from the front lines of the world s most mysterious retail wasteland. One recurring theme: The big bad Beer Store remains a much misunderstood quasi-monopoly. Most readers confessed they hadn t realized the history of this antiquated institution, wrongly assuming it was a government-run anachronism instead of a foreign-owned cartel. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.