Ontario's restaurant owners want the province's liquor agency to give them the same deep discounts it gives to diplomats. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario last month started giving foreign embassies and consulates a 49 per cent discount on beer, wine and liquor prices. A so-called "embassy'' discount, which also applies to federal government purchases, was already in place, but the agency made its products even cheaper for this group starting June 23. On Tuesday, a group representing Ontario's restaurants said the new discounts are unfair when they have to pay full retail prices for alcohol. In an open letter to the liquor board, Joyce Reynolds of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association calls the agency's pricing scheme an "insult'' to hard-working business owners. She says the industry employs 425,000 Ontarians and contributes $25 billion a year to the provincial economy, but diplomats offer no economic benefits to the province.
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