John Yap, Parliamentary Secretary for Liquor Policy Reform –

“I’ve heard strong support for liquor sales in grocery stores and the added convenience it would afford B.C. families. There’s no doubt this would be a big shift in our province – so we will be taking a thoughtful approach and carefully considering which model could work best for B.C., while taking into account all the concerns we’ve heard about the dangers of increased access to minors. We must also balance health and public safety with any improvement to convenience, should we proceed in this direction.”

There  have been more than 800 comments (including blog comments, emails and     tweets) to the B.C. Liquor Policy Review blog that discuss liquor in grocery stores.

• Carry on the conversation about modernizing B.C.’s liquor laws on Twitter with the     #bcliquor hashtag, which has been used more than 4,200 times since the review was launched.
• The last major review of B.C.’s liquor laws was completed in 1999, but did not     include a public-consultation component.

Contribute your ideas on the B.C. Liquor Policy Review website: http://engage.gov.bc.ca/liquorpolicyreview/