Dont mess around with peoples booze, Doug Ford says as LCBO strike ends [Video]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the province learned some powerful lessons during the two-week LCBO strike that came to a turbulent end over the weekend.

“People were still able to get their alcohol. I knew this, but it just confirmed it,” he told reporters at a press conference in Kitchener on Monday morning.

It was the first time LCBO workers had walked off the job in the history of the Crown corporation, and Ford shared what he thought was one of the main lessons from the strike.

“Mess with anyone, but don’t mess around with people’s booze in Ontario because they aren’t too happy,” he said.

LCBO stores across the province are set to reopen on Tuesday after a new contract was ratified by employees on Sunday to put an end to the strike.

The deal was initially announced on Friday by the LCBO and the union but things were soon up-in-the-air …