Changes to provincial liquor regulations that allow Alberta bars and restaurants to sell alcohol through takeout or delivery for customers to drink off-site will remain in place, even after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The amendment to the Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Regulation, which allows the liquor sales with or without the purchase of food, was put in place at the start of the pandemic as a way to help restaurants and bars stay open. “As it’s now in the provincial regulation, it’s implemented and would require amendments to the GLCR in order to change it,” according to AGLC spokesperson Heather Holmen.
There are no indications the UCP government has any plans to reverse course. Charlotte Taillon, press secretary for the office of