To Wide·Open Sunday Shopping
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TIlE TORONTO srAR, SA TIJRDA Y, MARCH 19, 1988 I A15 SU DAYS FOR FA ILlES' DO YOU WANT TO WORK ON SUNDAY? OR DO YOU WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY OR FRIENDS ON A COMMON PAUSE DAY? :' • t TO WIDE·OPEN SUNDAY SHOPPING FAMILIES MUST HAVE PRIORITY OVER COMMERCIALISM In our society should we not be concerned with the responsibilities of convenience? Why is the question not raised. "Would you work on Saturdays and Sundays?" Why should we be discriminated against? With Sunday openings and a growing trend to two-income families, it's not nice when parents have two different days off in the middle of the week. Try to recharge your family ties when your spouse and friends are at work and the kids in school. And then we haven't even talked about single-parent families. THE MUNICIPAL OPTION IS NO REAL OPTION Municipalities realize that. Experience elsewhere has told them of the domino effect. What municipality wants to see itself as a non-commercial centre? Or lose its tax base? Liberals are undermining the widely-supported principle of a common pause day. As each municipality caves in to Sunday shopping, Liberals will be confronted with the reality that they have broken up the common pause day. We do not think a e provincia government s ould be abd catlng its responsi ifi ies to the municipalities by giving us checkerboard opening laws across Ontario. Municipalities have resoundingly said NO; why is it being forced on them? ENFORCE THE PRESENT LAWS NOW The Retail Business Holidays Act was upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada. Liberals can enforce the present legislation. We would like to see the enforcement of the law now. ONTARIANS BEFORE TOURISTS The present Liberal government has said that it wants to give the Sunday shopping option to the municipalities because it can't define tourism. We want the human well being of the families of Ontario put before the commercial interest of tourists, who come here not just to shop. We are retail employees who need a common pause day. If you are concerned that municipalities may be given the power to have wide-open Sunday shopping and wish to oblect, come to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this Monday night. We are, as you are, concerned about the quality of family life In Ontario. You can make the difference if you join us. A partial list of speakers follows: Han. Joan Smith Solicitor General Han. Greg Sorbara Minister of Labour, Minister Responsible for Women's Issues Bob Rae Leader of the Provincial Opposition - N.D.P. Andy Brandt Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party Howard Moscoe Controller - City of North York Sean O'Flynn Ontario Federation of Labour Bill Reno United Food and Commercial Workers Union Bishop Arthur Brown The Anglican Church of Canada Dr. Suzanne Scorsone Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto Dr. Bruce Mcleod Former Moderator of The United of Church of Canada Brian Stiller Evangelical Fellowship of Canada Joyce King United Senior Citizens of Ontario Richard Gilbert Councillor, City of Toronto Hundreds of retail stores and ·their employees have sponsored this rally. These retail speakers represent only a small percentage of us who want a common pause day. Doug Alexander Canadian Tire Dealers Association Tim James Marks and Spencer Raymond Gork Home Hardware Connie lamanna/Lily Lash West Clair Business Association Walter Pridham Sears Canada Jerry Woods Toronto Automotive Dealers Association Brian Stark William Ashley China Frank Troiani Valencia, Weston Produce, Galati, Lady York Foods Gerrit de Boer Idomo Furniture JOIN US. YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE MONDAY MARCH 21st - 6:45 p.m. METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE 255 FRONT STREET .