Monopolies generally drive prices up by restricting competition.
liquor store privatization
August 22, 2024
1:55PM
Liquor product selection in the province has expanded from 2,200 in 1993 to more than 31,000 today.
March 5, 2024
2:30AM
The Beer Store owns a monopoly on all 12-pack and 24-pack beer sales in the province.
May 30, 2023
2:33PM
Alberta’s liquor product selection has grown from 2,200 in 1993 to more than 31,000 today.
May 30, 2022
10:13AM
The province’s debt interest payments are estimated at $956 million this year.
September 8, 2013
2:00AM
Twenty years ago the Alberta government swiftly and boldly threw open Alberta's markets in beer, wine and spirits. The result has been a success story of intense competition, added convenience and thousands of new jobs.
Other provincial governments have never imitated the Alberta accomplishment. But that has much to do with local politics and mythmaking from vested interests, not facts.