Friday, November 26, 2010

Prince Edward Island Sunday shopping law voted down

I have to be honest, that after reading the news on CBC Canada's last Sunday shopping law voted down ,I'm fuming over this decision because so many people in PEI have not had the opportunity to vote on it. Why did Robert Ghiz allow a free vote in the legislature and at the same time allow his own party members to vote on what they wanted to? If this would have been another issue, any MLA's who voted against the government would have been kicked out. Don't you think there were dirty deals going on behind the scenes?
It's quite obvious that the premier first of all did not keep his promise to keep the ban on Sunday shopping in PEI. His cowardly way out was to let MLA's decide what's best for those people in retail stores who would rather be home with there loved ones on Sundays.
Didn't you notice that there was a real rush to get stores opened all year around and without hearing back from Prince Edward Islanders?
Robert Ghiz and Olive Crane I'm sure were pressured by big business to get stores opened up on Sundays. They did not want a binding plebiscite in Prince Edward Island as they fear the same results would happen in Prince Edward Island like it did in Nova Scotia.
They are well aware of our site and the numbers are growing supporting Save Our Sundays. This is why they took it upon themselves to decide for other people who work for very little and now will be forced to work on Sundays. The question is, will we all forget what these politicians did to us? Politicians best friends are people who forget. Don't forget what your companies have done behind the scenes with these politicians and the media to boot. Retail workers were discriminated against by all levels. It saddens me to think that people are so addicted to these stores that they can not take one day a week for a break. We speak often about VLT's being an addiction, but nothing is ever mentioned about shopping.
It's a sad day and the one thing that was proven today is that our politicians don't have enough guts to stand up to big business. PEI is not the last province to have Sunday shopping, The media can not even report it truthfully.
No wonder people lost all interest in voting. Our politicians never keep their word. Robert Ghiz proved that all to us today!
Retail workers feel free to contact me at info(at)saveoursundays(dot)ca

An Act to Amend the Retail business Act Bill No 100 PEI legislature

Thursday, November 25, 2010

PEI Tories table an opposition bill to allow Sunday shopping year around in PEI

The PEI Tories table an opposition bill to allow Sunday shopping year around in PEI. Opposition leader Olive Crane plans to introduce a private members bill. Private members bills rarely pass into law. Tonight premier Robert Ghiz on an interview on ATV suggested that he may let this go to a vote in the legislature. It's really easy to pass the buck Mr. Premier isn't it? Didn't you promise Prince Edward Islanders no Sunday shopping for half a year? I've lost all faith in politicians because they rarely keep any promises. It figures, that a Tory (Olive Crane)would want to get stores open in PEI, as we had one here in Nova Scotia ( Rodney MacDonald that lied to all of us.)
How can other people make decisions on what suits other people? Retail workers clearly pointed out that they do not want year around Sunday shopping. I have to wonder what dirty deals are going on here? We had all kinds of dirty deals in Nova Scotia to allow Sunday shopping.
Folksl greed is hurting the little guy. How about speaking up to your premier! Those of you who are remaining silent are guilty as well. We do not treat the Blacks , Gays or French or straight people in a bad way. But we expect retail workers many of them making a minimum wage to work on Sundays even if they are against this and even if they don't believe in working on Sundays. Are we that brainwashed by the media that we can not see what's going on here? Retail workers are human beings and they are not being treated like human beings that have their own beliefs . Think about it people! How would you like it if these politicians were deciding what you do on Sundays?
Prince Edward Island's government gave Islanders a family day. How can a province turn around and take 26 Sunday's considered family days away? Gave them one and turn around and take 26 of them away.
What really gets me is the line being used by the media that PEI is the last place to have Sunday shopping. We were told that line in Nova Scotia. They are being told that line in Manitoba.
There's no Sunday shopping in Steinbach city . But we are told that PEI is the last place to have Sunday shopping. The media is being paid to convince you that Sunday shopping is the best thing to hit PEI.
One of Crane's comments and well rehearsed I'm sure is, "We're introducing this to give people a choice," the Progressive Conservative leader said. "This will be an option for businesses that want to be open on Sunday to be open on Sunday, like every other province.How many of you really believe that it's about choice? That retail workers won't be forced or bullied into working on Sundays? Can't you see beyond the fog bank?
These politicians are being pushed by business to allow them to be open on Sundays at the employee's expense. The same people who earned money for the employers to have them turn around and take there Sundays from them.
What do we have a government for? To collect all of our money so they can waste it? What about the minimum wage ? Should we do away with that law also? Don't be so gullible, the choice word is actually being used to take choice away from Mothers and Fathers who want to be home on Sundays with their children. We don't force letter carriers to work on Sundays because ministers do.
Don't let this government and the media convince you that you have to have Sunday shopping. Contact you're MLA and tell them No. While you are at it, ask them if the legislature is going to sit on Sundays?

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Lift Sunday shopping restrictions

Lift Sunday shopping restrictions you might ask? No we are not talking about Prince Edward Island being the last place to have restricted Sunday shopping. We're talking about Manitoba who also restricts Sunday shopping.
I sure wish the media would come clean that PEI is not the last place in Canada to have restricted Sunday shopping.
In Manitoba , they are going to allow Sunday shopping this year because Boxing day falls on Sunday.
Can anyone see beyond the fog bank or are we that taken in by the media? Are we so brainwashed that we cannot see what's real and what isn't any more? Boxing day sales can be made the following day. Are we that addicted to shopping that we can not give employee's two days off to be with their families?
The biggest argument by the media to allow Sunday shopping is that we have no right to tell a business owner when to close. Why don't we? We can tell them how to spend their own money( that employee's earned for them) , but we can not tell them when to close. Doesn't the minimum wage ring a bell? How about Holiday pay and vacation pay? Our government legislates this too.
Do you remember the weapons of mass destruction that was supposed to be in Iraq? Over and over the media pushed this agenda so that we would all accept the fact that the Americans had a reason to invade. Sunday shopping is no different. Business owns the media and what's put on TV and radio is ran by them.
Life is not all about money. We are humans and we all need a balance in life. What may work for a doctor or a nurse for example may not work for a retail worker. We are not all the same, retail workers shouldn't be bullied because they chose not work on Sundays. As human beings we have a long way to go. Let's not be a monkey see monkey do country.
If you work in retail and you are reading this , don't let other people belittle you for wanting to be home on Sundays. Being human is to accept other people for what they are and being different. There has been a great deal pressure to accept Gays in our society and the French a nation within a nation. Why can't we accept the fact that just because some people work on Sundays, doesn't mean we all should have to.
Have you ever heard the term by the media that we're a multicultural society? I'd love to see a National vote on what day of rest you would prefer? Monday to Sunday.
I would vote for Sunday being that day because it was always that day. Some people think it should be Saturday and on Friday for example. Lets have a vote, this will be the determining factor on what day of rest it should be. I would love to see how this multicultural society votes. You can not always believe what you see on TV.

Boxing Day vs. Sunday Shopping