Last month my wife and I travelled in our sailboat to the 1000 Islands and had several occasions to shop at Ontario’s “The Beer Store.” What we found were old fashioned, dowdy stores, poor customer service, few locations, no specials and very high prices.

Compare this industry monopoly with the distribution system in Quebec where my local convenience store as well as supermarkets like IGA, Metro and, yes, Loblaws, advertise weekly beer specials.

Why do the people of Ontario put up with this?

Patrick Flaherty, Saint-Lazare, Que.