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The Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission^[1][2] (or AGLC) is an agency of the government of the Canadian province of Alberta, and regulates alcoholic beverage, recreational cannabis, and gaming-related activities. References to cannabis were added to AGLC's name and governing legislation (without adding an extra 'C' to the organization's long-standing initials) as cannabis in Canada moved towards legalization in 2018. AGLC was created in 1996 as the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission by combining the responsibilities and operations of the Alberta Liquor Control Board (ALCB), Alberta Lotteries, the Alberta Gaming Commission, Alberta Lotteries and Gaming and the Gaming Control Branch. The current Chief Executive Officer (as of 2018) is Alain Maisonneuve.

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Legislation[edit]

AGLC operates in accordance with:

• The Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Act;
• The Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Regulation; and
• The Criminal Code.

Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis also enforces certain aspects of the Tobacco Tax Act under a Memorandum of Understanding with Alberta Finance who administers the Act, and licences all racing entertainment centres located at racetracks under the authority of the Horse Racing Alberta Act.

Alberta is currently the only Canadian province to have completely privatized its liquor retailing. All other provinces maintain government ownership and control over much of the liquor industry, especially with respect to distilled spirits. Alberta's privatization was carried out in late 1993 and early 1994 under the auspices of one of AGLC's predecessors, the ALCB.

As of October 2018, Alberta will have a privatized cannabis retail model, while the Government of Alberta will control all online sales in the province.

History[edit]

The sale and distribution of beverage alcohol in Alberta had been conducted privately, under licence until 1916 when, during the height of Canada's Prohibition movement during WWI, the Liberal government called a referendum in which Albertans voted in favour of the Liquor Act, which closed private liquor stores and the sale of alcohol beverage other than weak beer in privately owned bars. (Alcohol was still available from willing pharmacists.)

Prohibition achieved the result that family savings doubled within a short time, and the use of mental asylums and prisons dropped. The policy of Prohibition was affirmed in a 1920 referendum. Meanwhile, the NWMP passed over enforcement to the newly-created Alberta Provincial Police. However, there grew a hard-core of bootleggers who used guns against police enforcing the law – resulting in the death of two policemen in Alberta (Osgoode and Lawson). The United Farmers government that replaced the Liberals in 1921 called a referendum to allow voters to show their determination to continue with prohibition, bring back the pre-WWI wild times or establish government-owned stores and allow increased sales through tightly-regulated taverns. This last was chosen, and Prohibition was repealed. The Liquor Act was replaced by the Liquor Control Act and the Alberta Liquor Control Board was created. The first hotels to be re-licensed were the Palliser Hotel in Calgary and the Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton.

The ALCB would maintain tight control over the Albertan liquor industry for the next seven decades. Hotels that met the strict requirements for a liquor licence had to adhere to strict rules regarding the décor, cleanliness and aura of the establishment. According to historian David Leonard, the idea was to make drinking establishments as sparse as possible. Patrons were not allowed to stand up with their drinks in hand and entertainment in a licensed beverage room was prohibited. Although women were allowed to drink alongside their male counterparts at first, 'mixed' drinking was later blamed for riotous behaviour, and in 1928 the Liquor Control Act was amended so that special rooms had to be created for 'Ladies and Escorts.' In the 1930s, the ALCB hired armed officers to enforce the Liquor Control Act. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police assumed enforcement duties (where no municipal police had jurisdiction) after taking over provincial policing duties from the Alberta Provincial Police in 1932.

Beeroff-sales were permitted from hotels starting in 1934, however the sale of wine and hard liquor remained more tightly controlled. As was the case in most Canadian provinces, the only legal way to purchase spirits in Alberta was to travel to a deliberately uninviting ALCB store, where the customer must apply on a paper form indicating what they wanted to purchase. The requested product was then fetched by a staff member after the customer's age was carefully checked. The ALCB did not permit individualized packaging for wine or spirits. It purchased wine and spirits from wineries and distillers in bulk barrels, then bottled them into stone jars and bottles with the ALCB brand for resale in stores. ALCB stores were few and far between (especially in rural areas), and spirits were frequently watered down prior to bottling^{[citation needed]}.

A Social Credit government would assume office in 1935, going on to dominate Albertan politics for the next three decades. The socially conservative governments of PremiersWilliam Aberhart and Ernest Manning were slower to relax liquor laws compared to most of their contemporaries in other provinces. In one notable policy, the Social Credit government refused to licence commercial airlines during their tenure and took vigorous steps to ensure that commercial flights were not serving alcohol whilst travelling through Alberta airspace.

The Albertan government and ALCB began loosening some restrictions in the 1950s and 1960s. Clubs and canteens could be licensed from 1950 onwards. In a 1957 plebiscite, voters in and near Edmonton and Calgary voted overwhelmingly to de-segregate beverage rooms, however men and women would not be allowed to drink together province-wide until 1967. Having repealed the requirement for customer signatures on counter slips to purchase alcohol in 1965, in 1969 the ALCB opened its first self-serve liquor store in Edmonton. By 1970 the ALCB was no longer bottling products and commercial product packaging became normal.

The Progressive Conservative government replaced the Socreds in 1971, and moved to loosen restrictions further, lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18. Although some Albertan MLA's since then have mooted raising the drinking age back to 19 to match the laws of neighbouring British Columbia and Saskatchewan,^{[citation needed]} the lower drinking age remains in effect as of 2009. Responsibility for domestic beer warehousing was transferred to the Alberta Brewers' Agents Limited in 1973.

The 1980s would see restrictions relaxed further, with the first wine stores licensed in 1985 and the first hotel-based cold beer stores approved in 1988. In 1990 hotel off-sales expanded from beer only to beer, wine and spirits.

Privatization[edit]

The complete privatization of Albertan liquor retailing following former Calgary mayorRalph Klein's accession of the premiership in 1992 is the most notable event in the ALCB's history, and for many Canadians it is also the most controversial event in the recent history of alcoholic beverage distribution in Canada. Klein promised Albertan voters the liquor industry would be privatized if he was elected in the 1993 election. After he won the election, the Klein government carried out the privatization almost immediately.

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Under Municipal Affairs Minister Steve West, privatization was carried out and the 202 ALCB liquor stores were systematically sold off. Where private interests believed an existing ALCB store could be profitably operated as a privately owned liquor store, the store continued to operate under new ownership. Liquor stores that were not economically viable in the private sector were closed down with the properties sold to the highest bidder. Between September 4, 1993, and March 5, 1994, every ALCB store was either sold or shut down. With respect to the ALCB stores that were converted to private liquor stores, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees was denied successor rights to the private stores. Whereas all non-management ALCB employees in 1993 belonged to the AUPE, as of 2006 no privately owned liquor store is known to have become unionized except for those owned and operated by Loblaws under the Real Canadian Liquorstore and those owned and operated by Safeway in their grocery stores.

The ALCB initially retained warehousing and distribution responsibilities for wine, coolers, imported beer and spirits. The warehousing operation was contracted out to a private operator, Connect Logistics in June 1994. Connect Logistics leased the ALCB's existing warehouse in St. Albert and continues to warehouse all wine, coolers, imported beer and spirits legally sold in Alberta. Domestic beer is warehoused and distributed by Brewer's Distributor Limited. The AUPE was again denied successor rights to the Connect Logistics-operated warehouse and the warehouse thus became a non-union operation.

Privatization was controversial, attracting criticism from people who worried about the social costs of liquor privatization.

It is worth noting that ALCB workers had taken strike action earlier in 1993 causing an interruption in service at liquor stores. Compared to other Canadian provinces, Albertans are generally seen as less friendly to unions, and many Albertans were disappointed by what they interpreted as the union's lack of concern for Albertans' social lives (the strike over the Victoria Day weekend).^{[citation needed]} Some Alberta labour leaders continue to view the privatization as a retaliation against a legal strike. It is still debated whether this strike directly influenced the Tories' election promise and subsequent decision to privatize liquor store, or influenced some Albertans to vote for Klein as a result.

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Distribution delays by Connect Logistics became a problem in 2006 with complaints from liquor retailers that they weren't receiving stock on-time and had empty shelves as a result. Some retailers also initiated legal action against AGLC.

In response, AGLC hired a 3rd-party consultant, Price Waterhouse Coopers, to review the province's liquor distribution system. The report was publicly released in March 2007. The complete report can be found on AGLC's website.^[3]

The report did not make any drastic recommendations on how liquor products are distributed in Alberta. It recommended that Connect Logistics remain in its role and continue to warehouse and distribute wine, spirits, and imported beer to maintain 'stability' in the system. The biggest difference in this arrangement would now require a formalized contract between Connect Logistics and AGLC including 'performance indicators' for things like consumer service and on-time delivery.

One of the more controversial recommendations was for a new warehouse pricing system. In July 2007, AGLC approved the new prices for storage, warehousing and distribution. Connect Logistics claims the new prices better reflect the actual handling costs of each product. Some managers of smaller liquor stores believed that the system worked to the advantage of larger operators.

Over the 2007 Christmas season, the stories of empty liquor store shelves and product shortages disappeared from the media as shelves remained stocked.

AGLC today[edit]

Although Alberta has deregulated its retail liquor industry to a greater extent compared to any other province, its Connect Logistics-administered monopoly on the wholesaling of wine and distilled spirits is comparable to the systems which in the U.S. would be considered an alcoholic beverage control state. This means that by U.S. standards, Alberta would be defined as a 'control' jurisdiction.

When the U.S. abolished Prohibition in 1933 the bordering U.S. state of Montana modelled its own liquor control board on the one in place in Alberta.^[4] Montana has made similar changes to Alberta over the years and its present liquor distribution system is still very similar to the present Albertan system. It is considered to be one of the 18 'control' states in the U.S.

In recent years disorderly conduct at and near licensed establishments was identified as a growing problem, particularly in the major cities. The province's economic boom and the resulting affluence of its youth were identified as the root cause of the increase in binge drinking. Some blamed inadequate restrictions on alcohol sales in establishments (compared to other provinces) as contributing to the problem. In July 2008, the Alberta government responded to complaints by police and other groups^[5] by introducing new regulations to restrict the sale of alcohol in restaurants and bars. Among other things, as of August 1, 2008:^[6] and ^[7]

• Happy hours will still be allowed, but they can no longer run past 8 p.m. Drinks sold after this time must be sold for the establishment's regular menu price, thus all-night drink specials which entail selling certain categories of drink for a discount will no longer be legal.
• Minimum prices will be introduced. Alcoholic beverages may not be sold for below these minimums at any time. They will vary by beverage:
  • $2.75 per ounce for spirits and liqueurs.
  • $0.35 per ounce for wine (i.e. $1.75 for a five-ounce glass).
  • $0.16 per ounce for draught beer (i.e. $3.20 for a twenty-ounce pint).
  • $2.75 per 12 ounce bottle or can of beer, cider or coolers.
• The number and size of drinks that can be sold to a patron after 1 a.m. is limited to two standard servings per order – one standard serving being defined as one ounce of distilled spirit or one bottle or can of beer.
• Possession of more than two drinks after 1 a.m. in a licensed establishment is prohibited.

AGLC is responsible for enforcing these new rules.

In response to the above industry concerns, AGLC instituted a certification course called ProServe [2]. Proserve covers symptoms of intoxication, liquor law, identifying minors, dealing with intoxicated people, and other issues that a licensed establishment may face. As of January 1, 2010, all people selling and serving liquor must be certified.

On November 26, 2010, AGLC temporarily halted registration of beers with an alcohol content higher than 11.9% (while allowing current retail stocks to still be sold).^[8] The restriction was lifted 3 weeks later on December 16, 2010, once a new policy had been developed to deal with a potential influx of ultra-high alcohol beers. The new policy equalized markup rates so that high-alcohol beers were treated the same as other liquor products with similar alcohol levels.

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On February 6, 2018, premier Rachel Notley ordered AGLC to cease importing wine from British Columbia, as a sanction against the province's decision to perform further environmental reviews over a proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline.^[9]

Organization and Mandate[edit]

AGLC consists of a Board and a Corporation. The Corporation acts as the operational arm of the organization, while the Board is responsible for reflecting the government's direction through policy and regulatory matters.^[10]

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Although liquor is retailed in Alberta by private interests on a competitive basis, like its predecessor AGLC has maintained a monopoly over the wholesaling of wine, coolers, imported beer and spirits. AGLC is the wholesale-level purchaser of these products and thus Albertan liquor taxes (which are still high compared to taxes in the U.S.) are termed as the liquor markup. The wholesaling operation itself is mostly handled by Connect Logistics, a contract distributor based in St. Albert. Maintaining a monopoly over the wholesale business allows AGLC to maintain tighter controls over liquor distribution than an entirely privatized system would allow. In particular it allows the Government of Alberta to ensure that it does not miss out on any 'markup' (the bulk of the liquor tax in any Canadian province, including Alberta is the provincial liquor markup).

Between 1999 and 2006 AGLC operated as part of the Ministry of Gaming. When Ed Stelmach became Premier, he restructured government so there were fewer ministries and ministers. The Ministry of Gaming was abolished following December 2006's reorganization and AGLC was assigned to 'report through' the Solicitor General and Minister of Public Security, at the time Frank Oberle. AGLC later reported via Ministers Ron Liepert and Doug Horner, until AGLC was directed to report through Treasury Board and Finance to Robin Campbell.^[11]

Following the provincial election of 2015^{[12][circular reference]} which saw the New Democratic Party take over governing Alberta, AGLC reports to Treasury Board and Finance Minister Joe Ceci^[13]

References[edit]

1. ^'Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Act'(PDF). Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Chapter G-1. Queen's Printer for Alberta. Retrieved 2 October 2018. In this Act, 'Commission' means the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission continued under this Act [..] The Alberta Liquor Control Board is continued as a corporation called the 'Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission'
2. ^Graney, Emma (September 19, 2018). 'Secret Alberta warehouse starts stockpiling cannabis ahead of legalization'. Edmonton Journal. Retrieved September 28, 2018. Alain Maisonneuve, president and CEO of recently renamed Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission said..
3. ^'Home AGLC'. Aglc.gov.ab.ca. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
4. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2008-07-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. ^'These changes have great potential to reduce the public order problems associated with binge drinking,' says Mike Shymka, Vice Chair of the AHLA [1]Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. 'Most of us would never guzzle a tray full of cheap highballs just before closing time, but many of us have shared a sidewalk with someone who has. These new changes should make closing times outside bars a lot more peaceful.'
6. ^'Home AGLC'(PDF). Aglc.gov.ab.ca. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
7. ^'Home AGLC'. Aglc.gov.ab.ca. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
8. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2010-12-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
9. ^'Alberta government boycotts B.C. wine over pipeline delay'. CBC News. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
10. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2010-02-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
11. ^http://alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=37061CA87AB2C-CD29-40C8-5B5B07243D826549
12. ^Joe Ceci#2015 general election
13. ^Alberta, Government of (15 September 2014). 'Alberta Treasury Board and Finance – Our Business – Index'. www.finance.alberta.ca.

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External links[edit]

• Greg Flanagan. Sobering Result: The Alberta Liquor Retailing Industry Ten Years after privatization^{[permanent dead link]}

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