Vancouver has launched a review of its liquor regulations.

The city plans to come up with a liquor strategy to balance the enjoyment of alcoholic drinks with community safety and health.

The move follows the modernization of liquor laws in the province.

The B.C. provincial government has implemented most of the 73 recommendations by Richmond-Steveston MLA John Yap following the representative’s review of liquor regulations.

The province is also in the process of applying the rest of the proposals presented by Yap in his 2014 report.

The province controls the making and selling of liquor through the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch.

For new liquor establishments, the city is asked by the province for its input on such things as the establishment’s location and hours of operation.

The city is gathering public opinion through an online survey that begins Thursday (April 14) and ends May 15.

The public can also answer a questionnaire at two events this weekend. One is on Saturday (April 16), from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Nat Bailey Farmers Market (4601 Ontario Street). The second is on Sunday (April 17), from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Hastings Park Farmers Market (2901 East Hastings Street).