Focus Ontario: Finance minister on alcohol liberalization and Doug Fords tunnel [Video]

After an extended summer break, Focus Ontario will return to Global News on Saturday featuring an exclusive sit-down interview with the province’s finance minister and brand-new polling.

With rumours of an early election continuing to rumble, and the end of a lengthy break for legislators finally in sight on Oct. 21, new show host and Queen’s Park bureau chief Colin D’Mello will bring viewers the biggest political stories of the week, in-depth interviews and exclusive reporting.

Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is the first Ford cabinet minister to sit down with D’Mello as a guest on the show, for an extended interview exactly one month after his ministry ushered beer, wine and ready-to-drink beverages into Ontario’s convenience stores.

Bethlenfalvy offered an update on the rollout, though his ministry continues to closely guard the secret of how much money the LCBO is predicted to lose now that more locations are licensed to sell booze.

The minister promised he would release an estimate of the …