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The Doug Ford government’s plan to break the province’s contract with The Beer Store without compensation has drawn a rare rebuke from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

In a letter to Ford, Senior Vice-President Neil Herrington warned the premier risks sending a negative signal to U.S. and other international investors about the business and investment climate in Ontario.

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“This, in turn, could undermine the constructive work you and your government have done and the case the Ford government has made that the province is open for business,” Herrington said in his letter. “The U.S. Chamber — the largest business federation in the world representing more than 3 million companies and organizations from all sectors of the economy — believes there are few factors more critical to investment and economic growth than the legal certainty and predictability fostered by the respect for the rule of law.”