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From: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: Sunday shopping
Message-ID: <69184@looking.on.ca>
Date: 30 Dec 89 00:28:53 GMT
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Yes sir, the mall *forces* the shopkeeper to open Saturday.  They go into
her home with armed troops, kidnap her family and force her to open a store
in their mall, then at gunpoint, they make her sign a merchant agreement
that states the store has to open when the mall is open.

But this is not what happens.  The shopkeepers *beg* to get into the malls,
sign deals and pay high rates.

Why?  Because we (Canadian shoppers) like to shop at those malls.  This
*force* is the ring of the cash register bell, something the shopkeeper
is glad to be forced to hear.

You want sunday shopping banned?  You think you have the majority of
Canadian opinion behind you?  Then let the stores do what they want, and
don't shop.  Believe me, if 50% of the population refused to shop on
a given day, you can bet that a lot of stores would not open.
-- 
Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473