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THE HERALD Wednesday MM Page Legalized Sunday shopping gets mixed reactions ByBENDUMMETT the Herald This past weekend marked the first time that large grocery and department stores could open legally on Sunday and a survey of the local store managers revealed business met their low It was the slowest day of the week and that s what I expected said Patrick Bagin the manager of the Georgetown Monday Chns Bootland the manager of Miracle in Georgetown said that business was lighter than when the store was open on Sundays last December There is the same amount of business just spread over seven days instead of six said Mr Bootland Its the small independents who will get hurt the most from wide open Sun day shopping he added Fairly good was the phrase Georgetown A and manager Ed Lee used to describe business at his store Ron McEachern manager of was the only store manager to say that business was better than expected It was definitely better this past Sunday than when we opened during Christmas holiday season Georgetown Zellers associate manager Mike Jensen would only say of the day s business that he have any expectations because the store was only open for a few hours IGA in Acton t open this past Sunday but it will open this Sunday said a store spokesman The other managers said they would open this coming Sunday Mr said his store would be open every Sunday until at least September That when the On tario Court of Appeal will decide whether to overturn the recent On Supreme court decision declaring the Retail Business Holidays Act unconstitutional The provincial Attorney General of has launched the appeal Halton HUIs Mayor Miller comment on whether there should be wide open Sunday shopping saying it is a provincial matter I glad to see that the issue has been taken off our plate Before the Ontario Supreme court decision it was up to in dividual municipalities to decide if stores their area could open Sun days If there is going to be open Sun day shopping it should apply across the province added the Mayor The store managers said customer reaction to the opening was favourable But as one said the customers t except for the court ruling otherwise have been in the store But Georgetown resident John said while leaving Miracle he was against wideopen Sunday shopping It disrupts the family He ex plained He argued if there is Sun day shopping you re going to take advantage of it Mr Bagin said three or four of his customers voiced opposition last Thursday and Friday about his store opening Sunday Some even threatened to stop shopping at his store if he continued to open Sun days according to Mr A large number of customers who were approached by the Herald as they were coming out of the large grocery stores in Georgetown on Sunday had mixed opinions about the sevenday schedules nomination meeting Brian Charlton MPP for Hamilton Mountain and the New Democratic Parly energy critic will be the guest speaker at the Halton North NDP riding associa nomination meeting Tuesday July 17 m at the CAW Hall Martin Street Milton Noel of Georgetown is seeking the nomination ping week I think its great said Georgetown resident Paul Eckert Mr had just returned from Florida and he said the situation is now lust luce it is in Florida But another Georgetown rest dent Ron Nelson said I have mix feelings I like the conve nience he said but I not sure whether the employees have the option to work All of the store managers said that working on Sunday is completely voluntary They said the employees are cur rently being paid overtime because working on Sunday is under negotiations But Father Cote of the Holy Cross Church Georgetown said he thinks the employees are being forced to volunteer to work Father Cote isn surprised there is wideopen Sunday shopping The way things are going it was inevitable but its not a positive sign he explained Sunday shopping is Georgetown resident Sargent outside tin and in Georgetown Sunday Our country Is turning ii a police 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