Society has come to the point of a break
down in all areas .First off millions of people died for us, so that we would
have the freedom to vote. The Freedom to spend time with our loved ones and
actually bond and have close relationships. This isn't happening no longer and
we should be extremely concerned about it. Nova Scotian's are in denial, you're
government lied to you, the media misled you. Why? Big business was obviously
behind it. I can remember John Hamm our former premier announced several times
that he was under pressure to open stores up on Sunday. I have the highest
respect for him, as he did not cave in to big business and he honored our
vote. How many parents are out there that their kids do not come to see them
any more? I know a lot of kids that don't spend time with mom and dad any more.
I know people who go to the mall just to see people, as one man told me no one
visits us at home any more, so we go to the mall. You can not get close to
anyone if you do not have that time to bond and be together as a family. We set
time aside for Christmas, and other holidays. Families need at least one day a
week to bond and to be together. To grow in love, to grow together in the good
times and bad. We're not doing that any more! We're addicted to our cell phones,
liquor, internet etc. We are always in a rush . We do not know what it means to
slow down in more ways than one. Millions of people died for us and what did we
do? The most important aspect of being human is having that time to be together
and to bond. Time to make memories, play ball with you're kids, checkers or what
ever. Wages haven't increased for workers either and the pressure of working
these shifts increase every day. What have we seriously become? Puppets for
corporations?
We let our government, the media and
business do what they do best, we let them get away with ignoring a democratic
vote that was binding. So isn't that being a hypocrite when you attend these
ceremonies on Remembrance day? Clearly the courts never ruled on Sunday
shopping. http://decisions.courts.ns.ca/nsc/nssc/en/item/10101/index.do?r=AAAAAQAPU3VuZGF5IHNob3BwaW5nAQ In order to put this entire matter in
the proper perspective I will repeat, yet again, what this application is NOT
about. It is not about any social or political considerations respecting the
appropriateness
of Sunday shopping;
nor is it about the constitutional authority of the legislature to enact
legislation dealing
with Sunday shopping;
nor is it about the protection of vulnerable retail employees being required to
work on Sundays. This application is
simply about the scope of the authority or power granted to the Governor in
Council (Cabinet) to make regulations pursuant to the
Act.
I had the opportunity to go on the
Rick howe show on News 97.7 FM. https://soundcloud.com/tony-lohnes-49279945/october-15-2015-open-hour . It's amazing how negative he was telling me to
get over it, and that the plebiscite we had wasn't binding. From CBC web site - http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/canada/story/1.510063
"A plebiscite is binding only if the authority that
calls for the vote pledges to follow the results." What CBC didn't mention, that
the vote was binding, why didn't they tell you the way it actually is ?
http://nslegislature.ca/legc/bills/59th_1st/1st_read/b002.htm
(b) authorizes a binding plebiscite on Sunday shopping
to be held during the next municipal elections in the Fall of 2004 (giving a
choice between shopping every Sunday except when otherwise a uniform closing day
under the Act, shopping on the six Sundays before Christmas and no shopping on
any Sunday) and authorizes the implementation of the result of the plebiscite by
regulation;
http://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20041017001 Nova
Scotians have said no to more Sunday shopping.
In a binding, provincewide plebiscite held on Saturday,
Oct. 16, with 49 of 55 municipalities reporting, the
unofficial total provincial vote opposed to Sunday shopping
was 55 per cent.
Oct. 16, with 49 of 55 municipalities reporting, the
unofficial total provincial vote opposed to Sunday shopping
was 55 per cent.
Rick Howe on the following day admitted he was wrong and
that in deed the plebiscite was binding - https://soundcloud.com/tony-lohnes-49279945/rick-howe-october-16-2016 . Mark Parent did an interview on You tube with me and also said
that the plebiscite wasn't binding - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14HIVGnfx2M&feature=youtu.be
Maureen MacDonald's comments in the
legislature.
https://nslegislature.ca/legislative-business/hansard-debates/assembly-60-session-1/60_1_house_06nov01.htm#I[Page%20918] Yes, Mr. Speaker, there were people who were very happy that Sunday
shopping was coming because that's what they wanted and there were people who
weren't so happy, especially retail workers and small, independent retail shop
owners, and corner store operators and certainly members of many Christian
denominations. Also, we have to acknowledge that there were people who probably
didn't care at all, one way or another. But the thing that struck me about all
of those different points of view was what the Leader of the Liberal Party said,
and I completely concur with his remarks. The absolute confusion and the genuine
concern that people all across the spectrum, in terms of their viewpoints on
this issue felt, when the government made their incredible flip-flop on this
very important issue and essentially hid behind Mr. Justice Richards' decision
and I think added to the confusion in the public. I wouldn't say wilfully added
because that would be impugning motive, which isn't permitted here, Mr. Speaker,
but certainly their position added to the confusion and perpetuated the idea
that somehow the courts had struck down Sunday shopping in our province. That
simply did not occur. That wasn't what happened, but what the courts did, they
said the regulations that the Cabinet had passed in response to Sobeys and
Superstore opening their boutique-type arrangements was a regulation that
exceeded the power of the Cabinet. The proper place for debate around how to
deal with uniform retail closings in the Province of Nova Scotia is not behind
that secret curtain that the Cabinet so often likes to hide behind. It's here on
the floor of the House of Assembly.
Nova Scotia, you let you're government and media and
business get away with this. Society is breaking down, families no longer bond
and what do you do..say nothing. Are you going to be silent and watch the break
down of society continue? The media should apologize for misleading you, and not
telling you the truth. On Remembrance day think about all those people who died
for you , so that you could vote and what did you do? You let the government get
away with it. You let the media get away with it. Churches , unions, you name
it , all silent about the whole scam. Are you’re eyes open yet? This November
11th, I'll reflect on that day the sacrifice that these people did for us.
Giving us the freedoms we should have and not ignore democratic votes because it
doesn't suit us.
