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From: tjhorton@ai.toronto.edu ("Timothy J. Horton")
Subject: Re: Sunday shopping
Message-ID: <90Jan3.133311est.10773@ephemeral.ai.toronto.edu>
Summary: A&P closings due to non-competetiveness
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Date: 3 Jan 90 18:34:06 GMT
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The president of A&P today announced closure of several stores, and plans
for several more closures if Sunday opening laws in Ontario remain way they
are.  The reason, he says, is that people are crossing the American border
on weekends, and he can't possible compete anywhere near the border.  People
are voting with their feet, in droves.

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All those compromises that were mentioned won't work near borders.  Even so,
I think Mart Molle's idea of a Sunday opening sin tax is appealing where people
are not crossing borders; it could even the playing field for stores that don't
want to stay open, it appeals to the religious righteousness in our province,
it would be very hard for any group to argue effectively against, and it might
provide more govt revenue as needed to help stop our burgeoning socialist
agendas from killing us.  Just think, nobody would have to pay the tax that
didn't really want to.  And yet it might bring in a killing.  What a tax!