In Oregon liquor is only sold by the state too. I don't really care about that, I just want beer at the convenience store. Back home you can get beer from 7am to 2am 365 days a year. But liquor is only Mon-Sat, bankers hours. Here in Ontario the liquor end of things is actually more liberal than in Oregon, you can get a bottle at the government-run liquor store 7 days a week, and they will even run special hours on holidays like NYE so everyone has a fair shot. Since I rarely drink anything stronger than a beer, my desire is to just be able to pick up a few things at 7-11, you know, a couple Big Bites, a bag of Doritos and a case of lager. Now I gotta make two stops.
But Olyeller, the worst part is the price...I actually cut back my beer drinking 95% or more just on account of the cost: a case of Budweiser (24 cans/bottles) is over $40 here. In Oregon I used to get 30 packs at 12.99 all summer long. Sigh.