Editor: While Aaron Purewall from England (The Times, Oct. 24) finds it strange that in B.C., liquor is only sold in liquor stores.
Coming from England, Purewall knows very well why liquor sales are restricted in B.C. Just Google “binge drinking UK” and check out the mayhem caused by freely available alcohol, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Most local authorities in the U.K. have an army of cleaners that go out on graveyard shift, cleaning up broken glass, windows etc.
Extending retail sales of liquor will also put a drain on hospitals and the health system in general.
No thanks, we are fine the way we are. I don’t mind driving 10 minutes to a BC Liquor store if I need to.
We simply cannot afford the financial consequences of cheap beer on a 24×7 basis.
J. Beauman,
Langley
