Re: Potentially stupid question about AC

[enochamr@sgci.com.spamstopper (Douglas Taylor)]

I'd guess that was a few years ago -- the Sunday shopping laws have all
been dismantled.  I can imagine your suprise, though -- ten years ago I
moved to Ontario from Alberta and it drove me crazy the way things shut
down on Sundays.

Like in the 'states, laws vary from province to province (you folks in
the U.S. have a few more provinces than we do, don't you? ;-).    I
don't know if any provinces still prohibit Sunday shopping.

Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:

> I guess Canadians are traditionalists.  ;-)
> 
> When I was in Canada some time ago, there was a law that
> prohibited businesses from opening on Sundays.  Even the
> supermarkets!  This was in Ontario province, by the way.  At
> the time, there were a couple of markets open on Sundays
> because they found paying the fine was more than offset by
> the extra profits.
> 
> There was a big fiasco as the authorities stepped in.  I don't
> know what eventually happened because I left for the States
> before this was resolved.
> 
> In the US, you know that this would not even be an issue.
> Folks of other religions would sue and the free market would
> take over again.  I can't say I remember a time when stores
> were forced to close on Sundays in the US.


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