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If the Ford government is to restore fiscal responsibility and reduce Ontario’s deficit and debt, it ultimately must take on its unions. Not only because payroll represents the majority of provincial spending, but that its collective agreements create inefficiencies in the manner in which public sector work is performed.

Premier Doug Ford took a step toward eliminating inefficiencies by announcing that marijuana would not be distributed through the unionized LCBO but via a system of private retail outlets.

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The privatization of liquor sales in Alberta has been consumer heaven, resulting in more choice and lower prices. Wine aficionados have been allowed to import and set up retail stores, meaning a more educated wine public, more sales and increased tax revenue.

If a union battle there must be, the unions are certainly are making it easy for Ford’s team.