Verification and scoring of the data: Data on existing policies were collected from official sources and from contacts at the ministries responsible for the sale and control of alcohol and from the ministries of health and finance. [...] Therefore, the intended audience includes the health and safety authorities as well as the finance departments and liquor boards and retailing agencies that are responsible for the control and distribution of alcohol in the majority of Canadian provinces. [...] The weighting of the policy dimensions was based on the team’s assessment of a combination of the scope (or reach) of the policy EMBARGOED UNTIL MARCH 6, 2013, 1:30PM. [...] The calculation of the raw policy scores and application of the policy dimension weights are described in parts viii and ix of this section. [...] The reviewers were asked to comment on several aspects of the scoring rubric including: the comprehensiveness and relevance of the selected policy dimensions and operational indicators; the relative weights of each policy dimension and their respective indicators; and the supporting evidence and rationale provided for each policy dimension and indicator.