Cheaper to buy alcohol at government run liquor stores in Canada West

Over out West, a new report suggests that buying alcohol is much cheaper when the government's behind the counter.

According to the Globe and Mail, the report compared prices of 13 popular beverages at liquor stores across Western Canada.

It found that privately owned stores in Alberta and British Columbia charged significantly more than their public counterparts.

The report also noted that liquor store privatization lost the Albertan government $1.5 billion in revenue since 1993.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Parkland Institute released the report at the end of October.

Their findings were revealed just a week after Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall suggested that all new liquor stores in the province be privatized.

Premier Wall offered privatization as a way to save public money from being spent on building liquor stores to cater to the province's growing population.

Flickr photo by: Patrick Haney

STORY WRITTEN BY: ALYSSA TREMBLAY