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contest at Port Credit In the zone Wayne Norton first in the singles with a 326 The doubles team of Gary Hole and Wayne Norton placed second The team of Wayne Norton Gary Hole Clarke Bruce Clarke Gardener and Roger Duguay came third We wish them good luck in the district CAR CLUB This weeks winners are 289 Yvonne Graham 267 Bruce Green wood 22 Terry 323 Joanne Zona 81 Wade and JimMcGill FRIDAY NIGHT EUCHRE High lady was Dorothy Cook se cond was and most lone hands was recorded by Ha Switzer For the gents high was Ernie Peasey and second was Oliver Scragg Most lone hands was won by Phil Landry ENTERTAINMENT A Valentines steak dinner and dance will be held in the auditorium Saturday Feb Music is by Norm Eyre and tickets at the bar Getyoursearly Air Cadets squadron will be having a supper and dance on Feb For tickets contact Joe Initiation team practice is Feb The district service officer will be in the area Feb 27 Any veteran or dependent seeking guidance or information can re quest an interview Contact Com ade Buster Hale the Branch 120 service officer Sun shopping protection Walt Elliot North As this session of Ontario Legislature moves towards Its ad journment the most controversial pieces of legislation on the agenda are the government bills designed to reform the old Sunday and faoll- closing laws Both BUT 113 Which ktentilneslhe new dosing laws and Bill which provides first protection against unjust Sunday work retail workers have ever received have been the sub ject of a great deal of confusion and misinformation Two of the most common charges levelled against the new legislation are that it will lead to unrestricted Sunday shopping and that it will lead to unrestricted Sun day shopping and that it is an easy way out on the part of the Ontario government because municipalities will be able to make their own individual decisions These charges ignore both tbe true status under the old law and the history of such laws in Canada Individual communities in On have for some time been able to regulate the hours of business from Monday to Saturday What is less well known is that they have also been able to determine what is open on Sundays The question of tourist areas has come up in Halton and in at least two cases businesses have been given per mission to open on Sundays Under tbe old law whole communities could be declared a tounst area and it would have been quite legal Indeed shortly before the don of the new legislation the city of North York was preparing to do exactly that The new legislation simply removes the confusion and possibility of businesses being treated unequally and says if you want your area to be open on Sun days thai say so honestly and let everyone know what you are doing Under the old rules another ap proach was possible A ty could request to be exempt from rules governing closure on Sun days A request for open Sundays could be made to Cabinet and such requests were routinely granted Indeed both Sault Marie and Niagara Falls are exempt because they asked to be exempt new law is different in that it ensures the right of the local citizens to have input about such a decision Before any motion Sunday opening is passed through a municipal council public meetings must be held and public input considered A municipal council in private and the Provin cial government at Queens Park no longer control your fate You and lbs rest of the citizens of your area will have better control over the regulation of Sunday and holi day retailing than they have now The arguments surrounding the domino theory are distressing They indicate a lack of trust in the people of Halton If as many peo ple suggest the citizens of Halton do not want to shop on Sunday then no retailer would be forced to open If your customers are not prepared to purchase goods on a Sunday then there will be little business lost to surrounding com munities that might be open However if the majority of Halton wants to shop on Sundays then ft J 3S5 them of regulating their Uvea in the way that Is best for them The issue of tbe family and the damage that might be done by Sun day openings has been widely discussed What seems to be forgotten is the fact that about one- third of Ontarios retail employees now work on Sundays along with health care providers several hun dred thousand unionized workers and others employed in the hospitality industry and tourism People in those Jobs were work- on Sundays in when a debate raged about the sdvisabili ty of allowing municipalities to permit professional sports to be played on Sunday afternoons Awful social consequences were predicted because of the new law Now Sunday sports are accepted as a chance for the family to do something together that is enjoyed by all Bill is a piece of labor legisla which allows retail workers to refuse Sunday work which is in their view unreasonable The legislation will protect these workers against reprisals for such refusals Employers and employees will be encouraged to work out cooperative and volun tary arrangements for Sundays and holidays If no settlement is reached through mediation the matter will be referred to an in dependent referee This is signifi cant new protection for those retail workers who already work on Sun day I believe that it is important to make everyone aware that I intend to support the passage of these two pieces of legislation Bill will continue to provide a province- wide law reodring most stores to close on Sundays Heavy penalties will be in place for those who ig nore its provisions If a community does not find this appropriate for their needs they will no longer have to use an illdefined and often misused tourism provision to regulate their own affairs Workers in the retail industry will for tbe first time have some protec tion against being forced to work on Sundays As a reform liberal I believe decisions that af fect peoples everyday lives should be made as close to them as possi ble The decision will be yours and this law will allow you to enforce that decision