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From: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman)
Newsgroups: can.politics,can.general
Subject: Re: Sunday openings
Message-ID: <1445@lsuc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 09:00:48 EST
Article-I.D.: lsuc.1445
Posted: Thu Dec 11 09:00:48 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 15-Dec-86 00:17:23 EST
References: <2819@watdcsu.UUCP> <708@looking.UUCP> <3756@utcsri.UUCP>
Reply-To: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman)
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Distribution: can
Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
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Summary: disallow employment of full-time employees on Sunday
Xref: mnetor can.politics:749 can.general:332

NOTE: Jim switched from can.general to can.politics. He's right.
I'm cross-posting this only to warn can.general subscribers to
make sure they're reading can.politics if they want to continue
the discussion. This article has a Followup-To: can.politics.

In article <3756@utcsri.UUCP> clarke@utcsri.UUCP (Jim Clarke) writes:
>You free marketeers sound to me as if you want Sunday opening because it's
>fairer for consumers and merchants, but you're not interested in fairness
>to the people who'd work Sundays.  That's not a free market -- it's a free
>lunch.

Let's see... g/Sunday/s//evening/p
Hmm...       g/Sunday/s//Saturday/p
Hmm...       g/Sunday opening/s//Sunday movie theatre opening/p
Hmm...       g/Sunday opening/s//Sunday public transportation/p

Jim, if the problem is really "fairness to the people who'd work Sundays",
then let the provincial government legislate that stores open on
Sunday may not use their full-time employees. Only business proprietors
or partners, designated shareholders (>10% ownership in the business
and their families) and part-time employees may be used. That way,
no employee is "forced" to work Sundays (even if they want to!), and
what Sunday openings there are will reduce unemployment.

David Sherman
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