Premier Doug Ford’s decision to speed up the rollout of alcohol sales in corner stores — which first sparked early election speculation last spring — will cost the province more than $600 million, Ontario’s budget watchdog said Monday.

That’s nearly three times the amount the Progressive Conservative government said it would cost to accelerate the timeline.

Ford’s previous plan was to expand sales of those alcoholic offerings by 2026, but in May he announced that would instead happen in 2024{ai:summary}<p>Ontario's budget watchdog reports that Premier Doug Ford's plan to expedite alcohol sales in corner stores will cost the province over $600 million, significantly higher than the Progressive Conservative government's initial estimate. This decision has reignited early election speculation. #politics</p>

Doug Ford’s accelerated alcohol sales expansion to cost province $612M: report

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