Re:Ontario unveils plan for government chain of marijuana st...
by wolco on Friday September 08, 2017 @05:57PM
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They are open for only a few hours on Sunday. Blame the union? Lets not shift the debate. The government could open later and longer and unions could not stop them.
Re:Ontario unveils plan for government chain of marijuana st...
by macspoofing on Saturday September 09, 2017 @07:53AM
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>If you aren't happy about the stores closing for holiday weekends, blame the union. That's something they protect for their members.
What are you talking about? Unions don't care about stat holidays. They care about making sure their members are paid. Plenty of people would work over a long weekend for 1.5x or 2x wage. To me seeing the LCBO closed while every other place on that strip was open and full of shopping tourists means the LCBO is completely immune to market forces. They just don't care.
Re:Ontario unveils plan for government chain of marijuana st...
by JPKab on Friday September 08, 2017 @06:53PM
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"Blame the union"
Hmmmmm. If only there was a way for stores to not all be owned by a single entity that is forced to have all of their employees be part of a union. We could call it privatization.
> The liquor is marked-up and expensive too.
That's just taxes. Anybody else selling alcohol would have to add their profit on top of that. It might seem expensive, but don't forget that you are helping to pay for government provided services.