LCBO STATEMENT ON LEGAL ACTION TAKEN BY CERTAIN SUPPLIERS REPRESENTED BY SPIRITS CANADA

July 24, 2024 – Toronto – LCBO is aware of legal action taken by certain suppliers represented by Spirits Canada regarding select product pricing in Ontario. Once again, claims made in their statements are inaccurate and highly misleading to consumers.  

The fact is that when suppliers do not honour our legal agreements on consumer protection, the only people that lose are Ontarians. By breaching the terms contained in our Purchase Order Terms and Conditions that require that LCBO receive the same or lower price as other Canadian liquor jurisdictions, LCBO customers are unfairly made to pay more for beverage alcohol than other consumers across the country. These are not retroactive tax bills, fines, nor penalties, but rather pricing chargebacks levied in accordance with terms of our long-term contracts.

Our position remains that it would not be fair to let a few suppliers gouge Ontario consumers.

Previous statements by LCBO can be found here and here. Out of respect for the legal process we will not comment further until this matter is resolved. 

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