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Unifor, the largest private sector in the country, will be looking to get rid of Toronto’s holiday shopping bylaw, says a Toronto Star report.
Jenny Ahn, assistant to Unifor’s national president, for the retail sector told the Star: “In an industry that’s not very well paid, and where they already have chaos in their family life, do these stores need to be open these nine extra days? What does that do when people are already working crazy shifts?”
However, Gary Sands of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers said it will bring the issue up with city council on Sept. 30, “It’s customers that should decide store openings, not councilors,” he told the Star.
The move from Unifor comes after a court ruled that Longo’s, an independent grocer that sells prepared food, was exempt from bylaw requiring it to close during holidays like Labour Day as it met the definition that the city argued was meant to only apply to restaurants and fast food chains.
With grocers carrying more prepared foods than ever before, grocers will press council to remove the ban on holiday shopping for all retailers.
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