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

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