I do not know how many of you tune into Tom Young's Afternoon news on 95.7FM. On my way to the city, a topic caught my attention and as usual I have always tuned into talk shows. Wednesday, Oct 13th was the day that Tom Young decided to have Holiday shopping as a topic.
I couldn't believe it, some of the callers were talking about Sunday shopping. Funny how the topic police disappeared when it was to the advantage of Tom Young.
He then invited all of us to send his comments or call in for today's show. This is the email I sent to Tom Young.
"Good afternoon to you Tom,
I could not help but email you since you were on the rampage again about business owners being able to open when they want to.
I have to ask you who runs this country? Business or government? What do we have a government for? To spend and waste our money Tom is that it?
I'll be happy to tell you what we have a government for. It's to make laws and to protect people who can not protect themselves. We have a minimum wage don't we Tom? Aren't we telling business owners what to do with their own money? ( that employee's made for them)
According to your logic we shouldn't let the government dictate as to when a business can close but we can tell them how to spend their money. Funny how you want stores open on Holidays also Tom. Bets are you aren't complaining about taking home holiday pay on those holidays that we do not have a talk shows to listen to. Yet you expect retail workers to be there to serve Tom Young because he is off. Business' are also told by law to pay employee's vacation pay. Again government can tell a business owner how to spend their money but we can not tell them when to close because Tom Young doesn't like it.
Tom we have milk regulation & gas regulation in Nova Scotia. Should a business owner be allowed to charge what they want for milk or gas? Isn't the government telling the poor business owner what to do? It's no different than telling them when to close.
Tom, It's sad that the provincial government will protect small gas station owners with gas regulation, yet on the other hand opened the doors to wide open Sunday shopping that has hurt the local corner stores.
Tom why don't you come clean and be fair on tomorrow's afternoon show on 95.7FM. Give out our web site and let people make that decision whether or not to support Sunday shopping. Do you remember Mark Parent?? Mark has come clean on Sunday shopping and has admitted that the courts did not strike down Sunday shopping.
Don't you think the listeners should know the truth that we had a binding plebiscite and that the courts did not strike down Sunday shopping? The Nova Scotia government acted illegally with the support of the opposition parties. A democratic vote was ignored and pushed into the closet. A politician's best friend is our poor memories , hoping that we will all forget the lies.
Tom lets say for example that you are Gay...does that mean everyone should be gay? Ministers work on Sundays, does that mean that letter carriers should work also? We are all different Tom. It shouldn't be your decision or anyone else's to make. Let the retail sector decide what's best for us.
You have also spoken about retail protection. The old workers should have the right to refuse to work on Sundays while you claim the new ones should have to work. Odd how choice isn't in Tom Young's vocabulary here is it? Yet you advocate the right for the owner to open when he wants. But no choice for new employees. Tom new employee's do have that choice in Nova Scotia. Old and new.
I will never approve of Sunday or Holiday shopping because I know retail workers are being forced to work on Sundays.
Management will use the guilt trip at the workers expense by reminding them that they have to work on Sundays and that they should take a turn also. Fear is also used against an employee that he or she may have their hours cut if they do not want to work on Sundays.
Even with the law, the only way is to ban shopping one day a week for this to work. I go in to detail here .
Until we get evening talk shows and Saturday and Sundays with yours truly Tom Young, you have nothing to talk about.
Tony Lohnes
Save Our Sundays
www.saveoursundays.ca
After listening to Tom Young yesterday I have come to this conclusion. He is only willing to let people hear his point of view. Several parts of my email were left out of what he actually read on the air. He then went on and stated this wasn't about Sunday shopping but Holiday shopping. When I tuned in his radio talk show on both accounts, Sunday shopping was being discussed. It was OK for those people who wanted Sunday shopping but for those against it, including myself most of my comments were ignored. He did not mention that Mark Parent has come clean on the issue. Surely an ex cabinet minister for the Rodney MacDonald government would be news? But hey we all know who runs these radio stations. I'll give you a hint " big business". Our web site wasn't mentioned...because the station wouldn't want to tick off those advertisers.
If the general public wants to look at an issue from all sides do it on line. Trust me in telling you that a lot of my comments were left out and not put on air over the years. Tom Young is real ignorant to the fact that he did not allow the public to view our site and form there own conclusions.
One of Tom Young's famous comments that the "owners should be allowed to open when they want to". We can tell them how to spend there own money but we can not tell them when to close. I'm not brainwashed on this issue like so many Canadians are on the issue. Let's face it, if you do not hear the other side, you don't hear the other view point. This is what Tom Young has set out to accomplish. I have to question who is the force behind Tom Young's point of view? Is it big business?
I also want to comment about those people who work shift work and pointed out that stores should be open also. Why? We are all different, we did not vote for Sunday shopping or Holiday shopping. We are all different. We are not all gay, we are not all French..we are all different in our own unique ways. People like Tom Young will never make me feel guilty for feeling that way. He won't even acknowledge his callers by there full name. Sad that these talk shows are all one sided.
Tony Lohnes
Save Our Sundays
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