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class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Société des alcools du Québec</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saq.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Logo of the SAQ"><img alt="Logo of the SAQ" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/Saq.png/100px-Saq.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/Saq.png/150px-Saq.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/07/Saq.png 2x" data-file-width="181" data-file-height="247" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li> <ul><li>Quebec Liquor Commission (1921–61)</li> <li>Régie des alcools du Québec (1961–71) </li></ul></li></ul></div> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Crown_corporations_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown corporations of Canada">Crown corporation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Retailer" class="mw-redirect" title="Retailer">Retail</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1921</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">7500, rue Tellier<br /><a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a><br />H1N 3W5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Jacques Farcy, <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a> and President</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">Liquor sales to consumers and businesses</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <span style="white-space: nowrap">CA$4.048 billion</span> (2023) <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <span style="white-space: nowrap">CA$1.426 billion</span> (2023) <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Quebec" title="Government of Quebec">Government of Quebec</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">More than 7500 (2016)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9coise_du_cannabis" title="Société québécoise du cannabis">Société québécoise du cannabis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.saq.com">www.saq.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Feature._Everybody_Lines_Up_BAnQ_P48S1P10508.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Feature._Everybody_Lines_Up_BAnQ_P48S1P10508.jpg/250px-Feature._Everybody_Lines_Up_BAnQ_P48S1P10508.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Feature._Everybody_Lines_Up_BAnQ_P48S1P10508.jpg/375px-Feature._Everybody_Lines_Up_BAnQ_P48S1P10508.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Feature._Everybody_Lines_Up_BAnQ_P48S1P10508.jpg/500px-Feature._Everybody_Lines_Up_BAnQ_P48S1P10508.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="713" /></a><figcaption>A line of customers waiting to enter the store in the <i>Quebec Liquor Commission</i> located <a href="/wiki/Saint_Denis_Street" title="Saint Denis Street">Saint Denis Street</a> in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>. September 23, 1944.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saq_selection_st_bruno_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Saq_selection_st_bruno_2010.jpg/250px-Saq_selection_st_bruno_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Saq_selection_st_bruno_2010.jpg/375px-Saq_selection_st_bruno_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Saq_selection_st_bruno_2010.jpg/500px-Saq_selection_st_bruno_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>A suburban SAQ store.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Société des alcools du Québec</b> (<b>SAQ</b>; <abbr title="translation">transl.</abbr><span> <b>Québec Liquor Corporation</b></span>) is a provincial <a href="/wiki/Crown_corporations_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown corporations of Canada">Crown corporation</a> and monopoly in <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> responsible for the trade of alcoholic beverages within the province. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_des_alcools_du_Qu%C3%A9bec&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The official legislation governing the SAQ's operations and management is the <i>Act respecting the Société des alcools du Québec</i> (R.S.Q. S-13). The sole share-holder is the Minister of Finance of the Quebec government.<sup id="cite_ref-saq_act_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-saq_act-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Société des alcools du Québec</i> headquarters are located in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>. </p><p>The symbol of the SAQ represents three aspects of SAQ stores: </p> <ul><li>The white letter "Q" represents the province of Quebec</li> <li>The red wine glass</li> <li>The image of a store front</li></ul> <p>The SAQ operates more than 400 stores<sup id="cite_ref-AnnualRep2016_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AnnualRep2016-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under six different banners throughout Quebec: </p> <ul><li><i>SAQ (Classique)</i>: varied selection, in towns and villages where there is only one SAQ branch</li> <li><i>SAQ</i> Express: top-selling products, in large urban centres, extended business hours</li> <li><i>SAQ Sélection</i>: extended selection, professional service and counselling</li> <li><i>SAQ Dépôt</i>: warehouse-style stores, wholesale packages</li> <li><i>SAQ.com</i>: Webstore</li></ul> <p>Some wines and low-alcoholic-content beverages are also sold in Quebec in <a href="/wiki/Supermarkets" class="mw-redirect" title="Supermarkets">supermarkets</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidents-general_managers">Presidents-general managers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_des_alcools_du_Qu%C3%A9bec&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Presidents-general managers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Georges-A. Simard (CLQ)</li> <li>L.-B. Cordeau (CLQ)</li> <li>Arthur Savoie (CLQ)</li> <li>J.-Édouard Tellier (CLQ)</li> <li>Édouard Archambault (CLQ)</li> <li>Lorne G. Power (RAQ)</li> <li>Roger Laverdure (RAQ)</li> <li>Jacques Desmeules (1971–1978)</li> <li>Daniel Wermelinger (1978–1983)</li> <li>Jean-Guy Lord (1983–1986)</li> <li>Jocelyn Tremblay (1986–1997)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ga%C3%A9tan_Frigon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gaétan Frigon (page does not exist)">Gaétan Frigon</a> (1998–2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_L._Roquet" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis L. Roquet">Louis L. Roquet</a> (2003–2004)</li> <li>Sylvain Toutant (2004–2007)</li> <li>Philippe Duval (2008–2013)</li> <li>Alain Brunet (2014–2018)</li> <li>Catherine Dagenais (2018–2023)</li> <li>Jacques Farcy (2023-</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alcohol_consumption_in_Quebec">Alcohol consumption in Quebec</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_des_alcools_du_Qu%C3%A9bec&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Alcohol consumption in Quebec"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Alcoholic_beverages_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Alcoholic beverages in Canada">Alcoholic beverages in Canada</a></div> <p>As the sole provider of alcohol in Quebec, the SAQ's market data gives an overview of alcohol consumption in the province. In its 2015–2016 annual report,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Corporation states that 79.3% of sales through the SAQ stores and grocery stores were <a href="/wiki/Wine" title="Wine">table wines</a>. The remainder was shared among various products: 14.8% were <a href="/wiki/Distilled_beverage" class="mw-redirect" title="Distilled beverage">spirits</a>, 3.9% coolers, 1.7% beers and 0.3% ciders and other products. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legal_age_of_purchase">Legal age of purchase</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_des_alcools_du_Qu%C3%A9bec&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legal age of purchase"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Legal_drinking_age" title="Legal drinking age">age of purchase</a> of alcohol is 18 in Quebec<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and there are restrictions as to who can purchase alcoholic beverages (R.S.Q. I-8.1).<sup id="cite_ref-age_act_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-age_act-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By law, SAQ stores cannot sell alcohol to minors or adults intent on distributing to minors (including the holders of parental authority). Nonetheless, underage persons are not restricted from SAQ stores. Official policy is to ask for photo identification from any customer who looks under 25. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opening_hours">Opening hours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_des_alcools_du_Qu%C3%A9bec&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Opening hours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The opening hours of most SAQ stores are dictated by the provincial law, which forbids sales of all alcohol before 9 AM and after 11 PM. However most stores close at 6 PM on Monday through Wednesday, 9 PM Thursday and Friday, and at 5 PM on Saturday and Sunday. There are however SAQ Express outlets which carry a smaller range of products are open from 11 AM to 10 PM daily.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another 10-20 franchises also exist that allow to sell SAQ products (including liquor) until 9 PM, and all belong to Quebec-based grocery chain <i>L'Inter-Marché</i>, whose stores all open at 9 AM and close at 9 PM, every day.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distribution_of_cannabis">Distribution of cannabis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_des_alcools_du_Qu%C3%A9bec&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Distribution of cannabis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9coise_du_cannabis" title="Société québécoise du cannabis">Société québécoise du cannabis</a></div> <p>In late 2017, some eight months before the expected legalisation of <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Canada" title="Cannabis in Canada">marijuana</a> for recreational use across the country, the Province was planning to have the SAQ manage the sale of the product. Initially, 20 stores would be opened; on-line sales would also be offered, with deliveries to customers made by <a href="/wiki/Canada_Post" title="Canada Post">Canada Post</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_des_alcools_du_Qu%C3%A9bec&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:News._Roland_Gladu._Liquor_Store_;_Dorchester_%26_St.Denis_BAnQ_P48S1P12249.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/News._Roland_Gladu._Liquor_Store_%3B_Dorchester_%26_St.Denis_BAnQ_P48S1P12249.jpg/220px-News._Roland_Gladu._Liquor_Store_%3B_Dorchester_%26_St.Denis_BAnQ_P48S1P12249.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/News._Roland_Gladu._Liquor_Store_%3B_Dorchester_%26_St.Denis_BAnQ_P48S1P12249.jpg/330px-News._Roland_Gladu._Liquor_Store_%3B_Dorchester_%26_St.Denis_BAnQ_P48S1P12249.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/News._Roland_Gladu._Liquor_Store_%3B_Dorchester_%26_St.Denis_BAnQ_P48S1P12249.jpg/440px-News._Roland_Gladu._Liquor_Store_%3B_Dorchester_%26_St.Denis_BAnQ_P48S1P12249.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="711" /></a><figcaption>An employee of the <i>Quebec Liquor Commission</i> serving a client in Montreal, 1945</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Société des alcools du Québec</b> was created in 1921 under the name <i>Quebec Liquor Commission (Commission des liqueurs du Québec)</i>. In 1961, it became the <i>Régie des alcools du Québec (Quebec Liquor Control)</i> and, in 1971, the <i>Société des alcools du Québec</i>. </p><p>In 1921, an <i>Alcoholic Beverages Act</i> was passed and the <i>Quebec Liquor Commission</i> was established to conduct the trade of beer, wine and cider, and eventually spirits too. This provincial-owned corporation would then on exercise a legal monopoly on all distribution of alcohol in Quebec.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In its first year, the commission establishes a quality control laboratory, opens 64 stores selling 383 products, employs 415 people and grosses $15 million in sales.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Canada the struggle for the total ban of alcohol began in the 1898 national referendum, asking people if they wished total prohibition which included importation, manufacturing and sale of all types of alcohol beverages.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPetkantchin20054_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPetkantchin20054-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the national results were extremely close with Yes leading by 2%, regional disparities were wide.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPetkantchin20055_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPetkantchin20055-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Quebec, 81% of voters ended up rejecting the prohibition proposal in contrast to the rest of Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPetkantchin20058_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPetkantchin20058-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fear of splitting the country on a sharp divide between Catholic French and Protestant English Canada, then Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Wilfrid_Laurier" title="Wilfrid Laurier">Wilfrid Laurier</a> decided not to act upon the vote results.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDupré20085_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDupré20085-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1917, every province except Quebec implemented a complete ban on alcohol. A year later, a law was proposed in Quebec calling for complete prohibition in 1919. The law was never enacted due to opposition from the public and the Catholic Church.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPetkantchin20058_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPetkantchin20058-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Quebec did prohibit spirits, such as whisky and scotch, which came to be called partial prohibition. The government invoked illegal distillation, but mounting pressure forced it to backtrack. The Alcoholic Beverages Act abolished partial prohibition in 1921. This act created the Quebec Liquor Commission as a monopoly in distribution and retail of alcohol (SAQ, 2009). Officially, the government stated control of alcohol abuse as the official reason to create this new agency.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEParadisSacy2005_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEParadisSacy2005-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the years, the SAQ increased its profits, which were transferred to the government. The Régie des alcools du Québec (RAQ) was created in 1961 in order to promote business growth, which opened its first self-service branch soon afterward. With the opening of other branches, the government began to focus on different aspects of alcohol sales in Quebec. “The government commissions a new study into the alcoholic beverage trade, creating the Thinel Commission for the purpose”.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESAQ2009_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESAQ2009-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on the recommendations of the Thinel Commission in 1971, the Société des Alcools du Québec was founded in order to be in charge of sales. The SAQ took over the RAQ branches and employees and became strictly commercial.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPetkantchin200510_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPetkantchin200510-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SAQ continued to produce economic growth for the Quebec government as time went on. Its strength in commercialization prompted several privatization projects that were submitted to the government. Specifically in 1983, when it was announced that the SAQ retail network would be privatized, it was strongly opposed by unions. Petkantchin explains that this privatization project suffered many weaknesses: it involved privatizing “certain points of sale in Montreal” but with no competition allowed from the remaining SAQ stores. Petkantchin argues that “benefits to consumers of this partial privatization, had it gone ahead, would have been very limited.” Consumers would have remained “captive, with no real alternative”.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPetkantchin200510_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPetkantchin200510-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baffling the mind, the remaining SAQ branches would also have been sheltered from competition from the privatized stores, which would have been required to buy their merchandise from the SAQ at fixed prices. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_des_alcools_du_Qu%C3%A9bec&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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