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  Liquor Control Board of Ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is a provincial Crown corporation established in 1927 by Premier Howard Ferguson to sell liquor, wine, and beer in Ontario through a chain of retail stores.
Maintaining provincial liquor monopolies is no longer motivated by neo-prohibitionist thinking in Canada, at least not to the extent that such thinking still permeates the public mind set in the American alcoholic beverage control states, and Alberta's privatization model brought no noticeable social consequences.
On the other hand, proponents of liquor privatization believe the unions should not have the power to shut down the retail liquor industry by means of a strike, as such a strike targets innocent consumers and not management.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liquor_Control_Board_of_Ontario   (952 words)

  
 Ontario Encyclopedia @ NaturalResearch.org (Natural Research)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Ontario is bounded on the north by Hudson Bay and James Bay, on the east by Quebec, on the west by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
Ontario's right to Northwestern Ontario was determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1884 and confirmed by the Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act, 1889 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Bruce - Dufferin - Elgin - Essex - Frontenac - Grey - Haliburton - Hastings - Huron - Lambton - Lanark - Leeds and Grenville - Lennox and Addington - Middlesex - Northumberland - Perth - Peterborough - Prescott and Russell - Renfrew - Simcoe - Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry - Wellington
www.naturalresearch.org /encyclopedia/Ontario   (2676 words)

  
 Ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Since the privatization of Ontario Hydro which began in 1999, Ontario Power Generation runs 85% of electricity generated in the province, but not the transmission of power, which is under the control of Hydro One.
Ontario, and the Greater Toronto Area in particular, have been the recipients of most immigration to Canada.
In 1849, the districts of southern Ontario were abolished by the Province of Canada and county governments took over certain municipal responsibilities.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ontario   (3775 words)

  
 Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Hansard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Ontario is moving from a classification system which is based largely on age, sex and marital status to one which bases premiums on identifiable risks.
Her officials told the board in December 1987 that she would have a final decision on this proposal by the end of March 1988 at the very latest.
The College of Nurses of Ontario is responsible for developing the standards of nursing practices which are the basis for the development of nursing educational curricula.
www.ontla.on.ca /french/hansard/house_debates/34_parl/session1/L147.htm   (18188 words)

  
 Supreme Court of Canada - Decisions - Air Canada v. Ontario (Liquor Control Board)
No intoxicating liquor shall be received in or transferred from a bonded warehouse in a province unless the licensee has obtained written approval to receive or transfer the intoxicating liquor from the board, commission or agency authorized by the laws of that province to sell or authorize the sale of intoxicating liquor in that province.
Ontario, he thought, could not require licences for the keeping of liquor for sale outside Ontario, because to do so would be to “affect and interfere with the export of liquor from Ontario” (p.
But even if it were so, Ontario liquor control authorities would have the option of lowering their markup to the point at which it would begin to be attractive to the airlines to purchase their liquor within the province.
scc.lexum.umontreal.ca /en/1997/1997rcs2-581/1997rcs2-581.html   (9665 words)

  
 APOLNET | CONTRIBUTION OF THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD OF ONTARIO TO PUBLIC FINANCES, AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The LCBO has a fiscal mission, given that, since alcohol is not an essential product for the maintenance of life, it is subject to taxation allowing the government to constitute public funds for the purpose of responding to essential social needs.
All profits made by the LCBO stay in Ontario, contrary to those of private brewers and distillers, and of future private retailers who would be totally free to send their profits outside the province and even outside Canada.
The Ontario government too would have to transform its dividends into taxes in order to obtain a neutral effect on public revenues, since the activities of the LCBO would be in the hands of private stockholders.
www.apolnet.org /resources/rp_pri4.html   (5913 words)

  
 Liquor Control Board of Ontario - TheBestLinks.com - LCBO, Beer, Restaurant, Wine, ...
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is a Crown corporation selling liquor, wine, and beer in Ontario through a chain of retail stores.
Beer is also sold by the privately owned The Beer Store chain and by brewery outlets, and wine is also sold by a small number of stores operated by wineries to sell their own brands.
Liquor store robberies, all but unheard of in Ontario, also are more common under a laxer private system, as is the selling of alcohol to minors.
www.thebestlinks.com /LCBO.html   (416 words)

  
 About VINTAGES
LCBO reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time without prior notice by posting changed Terms and Conditions of Use on the Website, and you are advised to review the Website regularly for any changes.
LCBO uses the information generated through the use of cookies to, for example, estimate the number of people that are using the Website, to track the pages of the Website that are being visited and generally to track trends and patterns.
LCBO will keep your personal information for as long as it remains necessary for the identified purposes or as required by law and your consent remains valid after the termination of our relationship with you.
www.vintages.com /about_vintages.html   (2263 words)

  
 Liquor Control Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.18   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
(1) The Liquor Control Board of Ontario is continued under the name Liquor Control Board of Ontario in English and Régie des alcools de l’Ontario in French and shall consist of not more than seven members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.  R.S.O. 1990, c.
(1) The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board, or, in his or her absence, or if the office of Chair is vacant, the Vice-Chair has all the powers and shall perform all the duties of the Chair.  R.S.O. 1990, c.
The accounts and financial transactions of the Board shall be audited annually by the Auditor General.  R.S.O. 1990, c.
www.e-laws.gov.on.ca /DBLaws/Statutes/English/90l18_e.htm   (2681 words)

  
 MicroStrategy - Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO): MicroStrategy Customer Success Story
The LCBO is the largest single purchaser of beverage alcohol in the world, purchasing fine wines, spirits and beer from more than 60 countries for Ontario consumers and licensees.
The LCBO and agents are also able to follow the flow of goods from the order placed with the supplier to its final destination.
For instance, if LCBO purchases wine from Spain, LCBO staff and agents can determine whether it is at port, on ship, or on a truck en route to a warehouse.
www.microstrategy.com /Customers/Successes/lcbo.asp   (510 words)

  
 The Epoch Times | Strike Looms at Canada's Biggest Liquor Retailer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario has a monopoly on sales of spirits as well as on any alcoholic drink made outside Ontario, a fact that has bar owners bemoaning their fate and many customers scrambling to snap up supplies now.
The LCBO- which says it is the world's largest single purchaser of beverage alcohol- racked up C$3.5 billion in 2004-05 sales and accounts for 48 percent of the drinks market in Ontario.
The LCBO has never had a strike in its 78-year history but if the stoppage does go ahead, the province of around 12 million people will not be totally dry.
english.epochtimes.com /news/5-7-26/30632.html   (558 words)

  
 MicroStrategy - Liquor Control Board of Ontario Strengthens Supply Chain with MicroStrategy Business Intelligence
In 1997 and 1998, the LCBO was named Innovative Retailer of the Year in the large store category by the Retail Council of Canada (RCC).
In 1997, the LCBO was also named Socially Responsible Retailer of the Year by the RCC.
In fiscal 2001-2002, the LCBO transferred a record $905 million dividend, in addition to $275 million in provincial sales tax, to the Ontario treasury.
www.microstrategy.com /News/pr_system/press_release.asp?ctry=167&id=911   (855 words)

  
 Public Appointments Secretariat, Ontario, Canada: General Information
In fact, appointees to many of Ontario's agencies do not receive any payment for their services beyond, in some cases, the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses.
Ontario's agencies, boards and commissions are responsible for overseeing, managing and regulating a wide variety of important functions.
The Standing Committee on Government Agencies reviews intended appointees to agencies, boards and commissions and of directors to corporations in which the Crown in right of Ontario is majority shareholder (excluding reappointments and appointments for a term of one year or less).
www.pas.gov.on.ca /scripts/en/generalInfo.asp   (1495 words)

  
 Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) Rolls Out SofTechnics' GeM2020 Suite of Inventory Management Applications
LCBO has an established Ontario-wide market and operates over 600 stores in the Province of Ontario, Canada.
The LCBO is an agency of the Province of Ontario and reports to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade.
It exists to provide Ontario consumers with excellent product selection and service, and to be a leader in promoting responsible use of beverage alcohol.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-07-2004/0002268258&EDATE=   (528 words)

  
 Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Hansard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The board recently ruled that none of its members can hear the case because all of the vice-chairs have their own personal knowledge of whether these allegations against the Chair of Management Board are true.
The vice-chair of the labour board who was originally going to hear the Dave Johnson case said in his ruling that he and all other vice-chairs were provided with information about how the decision was made about which four vice-chairs at the labour board would be fired.
The labour board is paralysed by this scandal.
www.ontla.on.ca /hansard/house_debates/36_parl/session1/L137.htm   (16375 words)

  
 Liquor Control Board of Ontario selects Rogers Business Solutions to deliver a fully managed high-speed IP VPN network ...
Liquor Control Board of Ontario A $3.6 billion provincial government enterprise, the LCBO has some 600 retail stores, supplied by five regional warehouses, and employs some 6,500 people, including part-time workers.
The LCBO is the largest single purchaser of beverage alcohol products in the world, buying from some 70 countries.
In the past decade, the LCBO has been recognized with numerous communications, training, retailing and marketing awards, including the Retail Council of Canada's Innovative Retailer of the Year and Socially Responsible Retailer of the Year, and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce's Outstanding Business Achievement Award.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-17-2006/0004322313&EDATE=   (497 words)

  
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The LCBO, the world's largest single purchaser of beverage alcohol is the winner of numerous international awards for its excellence in retailing.
LCBO's Infrastructure group's pilot is due to run until the end of June 2004.
In fiscal 2003-04, in part due to store improvements, the LCBO transferred a record $1.04 billion dividend, in addition to $308 million in provincial sales tax, to the Ontario treasury.
www.microsoft.com /canada/media/releases/2004_06_16_1.mspx   (747 words)

  
 brand liquor information sources
State liquor Moutai is supreme; A top brand towering all and its fragrance goes far and wide.
Open bar, serving named brand liquor, beer, and wine, will be available (except during dinner when only wine will be served).
Reduces negative connotations associated with the brand: Liquor and tobacco brands often associate themselves with causes as a means of negating a part of the disrepute associated with their industry...
www.jewelrydiamondgift.com /liquor/brandliquor   (1069 words)

  
 IPC - P-142   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The report was prepared in the spring of 1988 and was referred to in a letter dated March 28, 1988 from L.F. Pitura (copy attached) and in a letter dated April 12, 1988, from Hon.
Subsection 1(a) provides the right of access to information under the control of institutions in accordance with the principles that information should be available to the public and that necessary exemptions from the right of access should be limited and specific.
The institution submitted that subsections 13(2)(g) and 13(2)(h) do not apply as the elements described in these subsections are not present in the severed portion of the record.
www.ipc.on.ca /scripts/index_.asp?action=31&N_ID=1&P_ID=6511   (1747 words)

  
 Treating voters like children by Nanny Sorbara
Proposed recommendations were made on how liquor, wine and beer should be sold in the province.
According to the panel’s findings the government could still take in about $1.5 billion a year in liquor and beer taxes and in licensing fees that would be charged to those who will sell the beverages.
The Liberals won’t rest until they control every aspect of Ontarians’ lives, justifying their intervention, as they undoubtedly always do, on the basis of keeping health care costs down.
www.canadafreepress.com /2005/weinreb072105.htm   (721 words)

  
 Ontario Liquor Boards Employees' Union v. Ontario (Liquor Control Board) (Di Caro Grievance)
Tymochko that in the building where his office is located, there was a LCBO Call Centre, which came under the stores silo, and was covered by a letter of agreement.
48, the Board was "asked to conclude that there was no contractual or statutory obligation to retain the grievor in the CSR position when it was apparent she could no longer perform the essential or core functions of the job and, particularly so, when there was no foreseeable prospect of improvement in her condition."
In the context of this case, I am satisfied that the Employer had a duty to consider a bundling or restructuring of the CSR tasks, as well as to determine if the grievor could have performed another job in its existing, or in some modified, form.
www.lancasterhouse.com /decisions/2005/apr/ogsb-dicaro.htm   (11257 words)

  
 Ontario Liquor Control Board: We’ll Drink To MicroStrategy’s Record With Us - ebizQ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Ontario Liquor Control Board: We’ll Drink To MicroStrategy’s Record With Us MicroStrategy Incorporated, the provider of business intelligence software, says the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) has expanded its deployment of the MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform for enhanced supply chain operations.
MicroStrategy points out that the LCBO is the largest single purchaser of beverage alcohol in the world, purchasing fine wines, spirits and beer from more than 60 countries for Ontario consumers and licensees.
Through MicroStrategy, says the vendor, the “LCBO is successfully providing its end users with insight into supply chain operations.
www.ebizq.net /news/3209.html   (340 words)

  
 Real World Networks Biz - Liquor Control Board of Ontario selects Rogers Business Solutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) reports selecting Rogers Communications Inc. to provide a fully managed high-speed Internet protocol virtual private network (IP VPN) that will enable point-of- sale processing at all of its 600 retail stores across Ontario.
In addition to the network installation, Rogers Business Solutions will be monitoring and managing the high-speed IP VPN network, the companies describe.
A $3.6 billion provincial government enterprise, the LCBO has some 600 retail stores, supplied by five regional warehouses, and employs some 6,500 people, including part-time workers.
www.rwnbiz.com /artman/publish/lcbo.shtml   (477 words)

  
 Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) Completes Successful Rollout of SofTechnics' GeM2020 Suite of Inventory ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A provincial government agency, the LCBO provides Ontario consumers and licensees with excellent product selection and service, and is a leader in promoting responsible use of beverage alcohol.
LCBO net sales in fiscal 2004- 05 were $3.5 billion Canadian, generated through an integrated network of some 600 stores and five regional warehouses.
"We are pleased that the LCBO has demonstrated confidence in SofTechnics by selecting us to provide the inventory management solutions that are critical to their store's success," said Guy Dille, Global Business Unit Leader, Retail Software and Integration for Mettler-Toledo.
www.forbes.com /prnewswire/feeds/prnewswire/2005/12/05/prnewswire200512051449PR_NEWS_B_MWT_CL_CLM054.html   (684 words)

  
 The Kirkwood Group :: Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
The Kirkwood Group :: Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
The LCBO is the largest single purchaser of beverage alcohol in the world, purchasing fine wine, spirits and beer from more than 60 countries for Ontario consumers and licensees.
Through its integrated distribution and retail network, over 6,500 quality products are available in more than 600 LCBO retail stores across the province.
www.thekirkwoodgroup.com /boards/ontario   (75 words)

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