Should the New Brunswick Government sell NB Liquor????

Here's some comments from my Facebook -

Maxime Daigle your buddy alward is selling everything, why not?..lol
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Laurie Manzer Whether they sell it or not, it will be taxed any way. In Ontario the prices are the same but the hours, location and selection is better with private ownership.
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Lynn Morrison No, But it would be nice if we would stop building new stores. In the past few years we have moved the prospect store down the block, moved the downtown one to the superstore and then to the train station. Brookside mall store was moved to the other side of the mall, and Devon was expanded. Waste of profits. NB liquor will always be profitable. It is a straight forward retail business with a solid market.
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Laurie Manzer To clarify, only beer sales in Ontario.
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Sterling Wright Why? Did Irvings, Sobeys, or Ganongs say they wanted it?
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Margaret E Perry Dupuis why would the gov't want to sell something that is bringing them in so much money! ?
11 hours ago · Like · 1
Laurie Manzer The govt is now in the business of retailing a product that they already collect the taxes on. Private business can "market" liquor that the govt already "owns". Ontario has saved the taxpayers $38 million a year in recycling of beer bottles through it's private stores alone. Not to mention the increase of profits and reduction in beer prices over a 5 year period. It actually saved the govt money since the govt didn't have to pay their own people and maintain govt stores to sell an item they were collecting taxes anyway.
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Pierre Prevost it the only profitable business in NB why sell it and no one cries NOT IN MY BACKYARD ABOUT IT
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Laurie Manzer It's not about selling it, the govt collects taxes on the alcohol when it is brewed/distilled, they have great expenses housing NB Liquor stores, staff, electricity, heat, and maintenance selling a product that they already collected the alcohol taxes on. The govt has a monopoly on the LIQUOR, regardless of who sells it, it is still under govt control and revenue collection.
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Pierre Prevost SO where do you want them to collect taxes to pay for their trips abroad on the necessity of life like food ... beter be booze than food in my book ... i would rather run out of beer than run out of food for my family ...
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Margaret E Perry Dupuis i always said if you want to get even with the gov't quite drinking & smoking lol
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Pierre Prevost you forgot buy lottery tickets
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Laurie Manzer Yes, smoking, thanks that is a great example! Cigarettes are controlled by the government, but no one complains that the govt is allowing private stores to sell them, that is because the govt is already collecting revenue off of them!
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Margaret E Perry Dupuis so true, along with a lot of other stuff, they have to collect some tax to pay for road work , schools,.. etc etc..
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Pierre Prevost cigarettes is probably because they have been is stores for ever !!!and lquor /beer /wines in NB was sold very little in stores ....
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Margaret E Perry Dupuis rcmp & fire dept staff too ... right charles.
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Pierre Prevost well going for a beer bought at the local government owned liquor store ......
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Laurie Manzer I loved drinking cheap beer when I lived in Ontario, but it's worth the extra money to live down here, I just drink less.
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Pierre Prevost Ontario ,Quebec cheaper beer less taxes more people paying it so taxes divided better ..
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Pierre Prevost all of NewBrunswick population is either on welfare ,or low paying jobs since none want industries to set up here
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