"In August, CBC News filed a freedom-of-information request to the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), seeking the fate, size and disposal plans for U.S. alcohol products removed in March. The LCBO took 64 days to respond 34 days longer than the 30-day limit allowed by law. When the documents were finally released, they spanned 50 pages, but were heavily redacted."
"Among the few details contained in the LCBO documents was the estimated $2.9-million inventory provision in its 2024-25 financial statements as an "early assessment of expiring product." That means the Crown corporation put aside that amount to cover expected losses from products it believed would expire or otherwise lose value before they could be sold. However, the underlying data that would allow the public to independently verify the estimate or understand the scale of potential waste fell under "cabinet confidence.""
The Ontario government withheld detailed information about a roughly $79.1 million stockpile of U.S. alcohol removed from LCBO shelves as retaliation in a Canada-U.S. trade dispute. A CBC freedom-of-information request revealed heavily redacted documents after a 64-day response, past the 30-day legal limit. Most data on expiring inventory, destroyed stock and total taxpayer costs remain concealed. The LCBO recorded a $2.9-million inventory provision in its 2024-25 financial statements as an early assessment of expiring product, but the underlying data were withheld under cabinet confidence. Provincial counterparts in Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia released more detailed information. The government directed the LCBO to keep products in storage; most alcohol has a long shelf life.
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