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>>> Ontario is acceleratinexpand where booze can be bought beyond the province's liquor stores. Today premier doug ford announced a plan that will see alcohol still sold in along with a wider selection at grocery stores by this fall. Queen's park your cue colin d'mello has more. >> Reporter: it's a type of convenience that can only come with a cost. The ford governmentpeeding up access to beer and wine in corner stores but in exchange ontarians will have to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to a private compa just to make it happen. >> It's a no-brainer. Walko your local convenience store and pick up your wine and case of beer or you are ready to drink. People on and we are going to do it ands overwhelmingly popular. >> Reporter: provinces starting this august licen grocery stores will be allowed to sell ready t drink beverages and saw large packs of beer. After september 5th convenience stores provincewide will be allowed to sell beer cider wine and ready to drink beverages. New grocery stores can start selling all those products just after hallow >> This represents without a shadow of a doubt the largest transformation ofario's alcohol marketplace since the end of prohibition nearly00 years ago >> Reporter: the province to pay a premium to speed up the timeline. Taxpayers will give $225 millionto the privately owned beer store which until now an exclusive retailer. The province says the cash will sure the beer store doesn't close tweet to many lions when the revenues drop over the next 2 years. >> Ford is giving 225 million to the betore and handing billions of public revenue to grocery store ceos. >> Reporter: lcbo employees are also worried about the future. The government acknowledged the crown corporation will lose revenue and 8,000venience stores start cutting into the profits. The worry that publicly owned stores close. >> Preparing to close stores and layoff full-time employees. That's exactly what this is. >> Reporter: but the most resting cost of all could be an early election. The premier was asked multiple times whether he was speeding up alcohol convenience to speed of the timeline for an election. >> Are you committing to sticking with the june 2026 elon schedule >> We will make sure we fulfill our agenda promises that we made. >> Reporter: leaving many wonder whether the true convenience here is for the progressive conservatives themselves. Colin d'mello global news toronto. >> Shalima: a thank you fromontario's premier today to the federal government for rejecting toronto's big to declare and possession of illegal drugs. Doug ford saying he was also glad ottawa recognize the provin jurisdiction over the issue. >> As long as I'm premier we are never going to decriminalize rd-core drugs. What I believe in is more detox centres, moreehabilitation centres but we sure the heck don't need people shooting up and doing drugs in neighbourhoods like etobicoke or mississauga or anywhere. >> Shallima: we are learning morebout why ottawa turned down toronto's pitch. The federal minister for addictions says there were deep concerns about the lack of limits in the proposal picketed not place any restrictions onage or the amount of drugs a person could possess. She also says toronto public health refused to make any changes in response to ottawa's concerns. Voters looking to have their say early headed to t polls today to choose mississaugas next mayor. Fter former mayor bonnie crombie stepped down to become the leader of the interior liberal party. In total there's 20 candidates including bie's ex-husband brian crombie. Recent pol of earlier this month former councillor and mp carolyn parrish had a widely decaire collection day is june 10th. >> What I am saying is l intensify primarily a transit corridor because tha way you committing ice congestion. >> We will lure and freeze everyone's taxes in the city of mississauga, low income seniors by lowering their taxes and help sma businesses by lowering their taxes. >> Reporter: voter turnout in the last municipal electionn mississauga was low cactus a half a million people were eligible vote in october 2022 but only about 107,000 people cast a ballot or 22%. Bonnie crombie was the overwhelming choice for mayor. She had the support of roughly 4 out of 5 voters.

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>>> Experts say canada post needs to make major changes if it wan stay afloat. After a difficult year. The crown corporation lost lion in 2023, the second-worst year on record. Some possible measures include higher stent prices creating a more efficient delivery network or expanding offerings to customers. Households only receive 2 letters per week on average las but the charter requires daily rounds of mail delivery. >>> It's been a week filled with legal and diplomatic blows for israel over it's treatment of palestinians in gaza. Now the international court of justice has ordered israel to stop its rafah offensive. Warning it could make the disastrous humanitarian situation even worse. Crystal goomansingh has more on israel's reaction to themounting external pressure as it slips further into international . >> Reporter: conditions and rafah have deteriorated to levels now categor as disastrous by theresident of the international court of justic in an effort to protect civiliane icj sided with south africa issuing an order for israel to halt military operations and rafah, maintain the opening of the border crossing there. >> And. >> Insure tnimpeded access to the g strip of any commission of inquiry, fact-finding mission or investigated body. >> Reporter: those human bodies would be probing the larger issue of genocide which is at the heart of the original complaint brought forward by . While a full military withdrawal from gazas not ordered fridays ruling is seen as groundbreaking. >> It is the first timehat explicit mention is made for israel to halt its military action in any area of gaza. >> Reporter: the news last lefty israelis bit will yourdard. >> It's not connected to the reality. We need to go into rafah. >> Thinking we are they are in or to harm innocent people is completely false. >> Reporter: the court was not satisfied that israel has sufficiently mitigated risk to the population fleeing rafah >> What has been very positive is the way staion is being discussed across the board. >> Reporter: this specializes in crimes of starvation, conflict is not new but it's in legal proceedings. >> To signal a change in the way starvation is being viewed as not only inevitable consequence of war or a byproduct that is delivery strategy. >> Reporter: a is is not sound as if israel will halt operations. The government issued a statement sa in part israel hasot and will not conduct military actions in the rafah ea which may inflict on the palestinian civilian population in g conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in hole or in part. Icj rulings are legally binding but not enforceable. Crystal goomansingh global news london. >> Paymaster justin trudeau is weighing in on the international port of justice's ruling on israel's operation and rafah saying it is in line with canada's position. >> Hamas needs toay down its arms cat released all hostages but there also must be no more miry operations in a rafah israel. The icj's latest proposed measures go exactly that direction and tcj's proposals areinding and we expect everyone to follow them as a matter of international law >> Shallima: the prime minister saysore aid needs to beginning into gaza at greater rates. Trudeau also critici creating what he calls barriers to reaching a 2 state solution.

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