I honestly don't know how anyone can believe anything that comes out of any Conservative's mouths anymore. I mean time after time I and others like me have caught them in lie after lie after lie. But still people believe them and even give their most precious thing to them: Their vote.
As most of you know I'm sane, and therefore am an opponent of stores being forced to be closed on Sunday. Here in Nova Scotia we're still living in the 18th century because our stores are not allowed to open on "the Sabbath." Because in Nova Scotia it's A-OK to force religion on others.
So now Rodney MacDonald, who at first I didn't think could be as bad as John Hamm, but now have been unpleasantly surprised, has basically lied to every single Nova Scotian. And it only took him a week to do it! I'm impressed. *sarcasm*
Just so you understand the situation: under the current law No store with more than 4,000 square feet of retail space can open Sundays, but there is nothing in the law that prevents a larger unit from dividing into smaller ones, which is what Pete Luckett of Pete's Frootique did, paving the way for this current explosion of sanity.
June 17th CTV: "I have been made aware of that," said Premier Rodney MacDonald about their (grocery stores) intent to open. "As long as they're living within the law they are able to do so."
June 18th CBC: Premier Rodney MacDonald said the province would enforce the law.
June 19th CBC: Premier Rodney MacDonald said this week the province would enforce the rules as they stand.
June 21st CBC: MacDonald, however, said he has no plans to change the legislation governing store hours.
June 22nd CBC: Justice Minister Murray Scott said he is not positive that the grocery stores are doing anything illegal and the provincial Justice Department is simply gathering information, not reviewing their conduct. Scott said Wednesday he thinks the legislation is being interpreted correctly. Police have laid no charges. Both MacDonald and Scott have said the government will not likely rewrite the legislation.
Today June 23rd CBC: The Nova Scotia government is trying to limit Sunday shopping by capping the number of grocery stores that can open that day. But Sobeys and Atlantic Superstore are skirting the ban by subdividing some of their stores into separate businesses, a move pioneered several years ago by competitor Pete's Frootique. Under proposed new regulations, however, grocers will not be allowed to open on Sunday unless they reconfigured their businesses before June 1.
I wish I could say I was surprised by this, I also wish I could say that Rodney MacDonald is going to pay a political price for this… I wish I could say that.
Anyone in Toronto got a couch I can crash on?
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Maybe you need a major international event. Here in BC, Sunday Shopping bans were repealed by the right leaning Social Credit in anticipation of Expo 86 so we would have been a laughing stock to the rest of the World if people saw how ridiculous our laws were
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