How Did Prohibition Affect Canada

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During WW1 prohibition affected Canada and its history, even though prohibition only lasted from 1918 to 1920 it had a very impactful role in shaping Canada to what we know in today's world. Prohibition was a way for the government to preserve wheat and grain during the war for the soldiers, all provinces except for Quebec banned the sale of alcohol, many were outraged and did not agree with this policy for it did not allow them to buy liquor. In January of 1919 the United States Government put forth the policy of prohibition this sparked something called rum-running.

Rum-running was a way for Canadian liquor distributors to make a profit selling alcohol to the United States, the process of rum-running is crossing the border with alcohol and illegally distributing it to the willing Americans. There were many obstacles to face while rum-running, you had to make sure the police weren't on to you while crossing the border, but a big thing to watch out for were the other rum-runners. Each rum-runner wanted the sale of alcohol to themselves, this caused many rum-runners to get injured and killed though it was a risk they were willing to take. Ontario rum-runners benefited from
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These government run stores were a way for the Canadian government to make a profit off of the sale of alcohol, today in Ontario we know them as the as L.C.B.O which stands for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. In today's society there are different laws for each province, In Ontario hard liquor is sold at the LCBO, other provinces have different sores and other laws pertaining to the way the buy and distribute liquor. In the previous paragraphs you read the many reasons I believe that prohibition shaped Canada and the new age we live

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