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Doug Ford’s Ontario Government has made selling beer and wine in convenience stores a policy priority. A recent twitter blitz has highlighted that we can expect changes soon. While I am generally in favour, I am puzzled as to why it is being prioritized and touted as a significant policy initiative. Perhaps I underestimate the value that Ontarions put on access to beer and wine - it may be a significant vote getter. However, I do not think there has been enough discussion as

This post was written by Nicholas Bannon and Alfons Weersink and was first published on farms.com. While farm numbers have dropped at the provincial level, the story is a bit more complicated when you examine the regional trends. Canada has less than 200,000 farms, according to the last census in 2016, and around 25% of them are located in Ontario. The number of farms in Canada has fallen by approximately 75% since the peak in 1941. Where are the remaining Ontario farms and i