Final Vote On Plan To Allow Stat Holiday Shopping Tuesday
Posted May 11, 2010 8:37 am.
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Open signs across the city could remain lit on Christmas Day and other stats if city councillors give a public holiday proposal the green light.
The plan to allow stores to remain open 365 days a year goes before city council for a final vote Tuesday. Last month, the city’s economic development committee approved the idea.
Currently, only shops in designated tourist areas such as the Eaton Centre, the Yonge Street strip, and Yorkville can stay open on holidays.
Some groups, including the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas, are in favour of the idea and say shops outside the city are allowed to remain open, giving them an unfair advantage.
Markham’s Pacific Mall and Vaughan Mills can legally remain open on the nine puiblic holidays and Square One recently received approval from the Mississauga Council to permit stat holiday shopping.
Labour groups, on the other hand, fear workers will be strong armed into working on holidays.
