Inside Look at Power of the Canadian Beer Lobby

Why is it so hard to shake The Beer Store’s grip on Ontario’s politicians? How do three giant multinational brewers maintain their monopolistic stranglehold over retailing in perhaps the most profitable beer market in the western world? To understand the astonishing staying power of big beer, and its outsized influence over small craft brewers, you have…

To comprehend the unrivalled influence of The Beer Store, it’s not enough to follow the money — although there’s plenty of that. One must also connect the dots that link the best-connected lobbyists. The Beer Store doesn’t so much buy influence as it hires influencers — people who often play key roles for the party machines…