As Toronto enters into a state of emergency and Premier Doug Ford (who already enacted a state of emergency in Ontario) announces that all non-essential businesses in the province will be forced to shut down tomorrow due to COVID-19, many residents may be wondering what is happening to important but technically non-essential retailers like the LCBO.
If they announced the LCBO’s were closing it would be chaos
— ๐๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐จ (@GapToothPapi_) March 23, 2020
Thankfully, although our bars have been shuttered and we ourselves essentially confined to our homes, alcohol and cannabis stores will not be closing their doors.
Though the LCBO and Beer Store have recently limited their opening hours in response to the pandemic, nothing else will be changing at either for the time being.
Marijuana retailers will likewise be staying open.
The city's medical officer of health has actually gone as far as saying the closure of the LCBO could lead to "pretty significant health consequences" for some members of the public.
While yes, I’m happy to hear LCBO & beer stores are still running, I’d like to encourage people who disagree to look up addiction and withdrawal symptoms to realize why these things might be considered “essential” to the community.
— joe dirt (@brewatters) March 23, 2020
On Tuesday, Ford will be providing a detailed list of which types of businesses and services will be permitted to continue operating and which will not.
by Becky Robertson via blogTO
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