A dispute between Toronto’s city council and Ontario’s alcohol licensing board has left many new restaurants in the city facing months-long delays in obtaining a liquor licence, which they say may prevent them from opening at all.
In the spring, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) – the arm’s-length agency that regulates liquor and gambling licensing in the province – informed the city it would no longer accept the long list of requirements city council lumps onto liquor licences.
The commission argued it does not have the resources to enforce things such as noise and building requirements.
Kaleigh Rogers – Globe and Mail – July 29, 2014.
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