Note.. all the games are in North America so within 3 hrs time zone .. but bars need to be open until 4am somehow
Why are they requiring bars to close by 4am? Just drop the restriction entirely. If you want to get shitfaced at 6am then go ahead.
This! When I was young, we used to stay at clubs so late that it was a bit light out when we came out. Grab some breakfast, and sleep the day away. Shit, we wouldn't even hit the clubs until after 23:00. Then we moved to Texas where everything closed at 2:00, no matter how packed it was. So depressing.
The same reason half of Europe has closed shops on Sunday, worker protection.
You need strong laws to not have businesses abusing and pressuring peoples to work the shity 14h shift till morning for earning a peanut.
And workers protection law + North America are not often put in the same sentence.
Also it’s generally not worth it business wise. Paying salaries and more from 2 to 4 (or 6am or whatever) to sell two beers means losing money. You might have a few festive nights here and there, but most of the weeks/months you’ll have an empty bar so even the owners are not pushing for it.
The same reason half of Europe has closed shops on Sunday, worker protection.
That sounds more like countries enforcing a religious preference (day of rest on Sunday for church) than worker protection. I suppose it could be branded as secular, but so can France's ban on wearing hijabs in the name of laïcité.
Ehh, maybe it started of as a religious thing, perhaps why Sunday was chosen specifically; but the idea of forcing everyone to have a day off is wonderful.
In the us, there's no federal law limiting the number of days people have to work. Some states have a 1 every 7 days rule. But that's not specific enough, for shift schedule work, they can set your off day to be Sunday this week, and Friday next week, and only schedule you a few hours a day so you get to work almost 2 weeks in a row with out overtime pay.
IMO, it should be (regardless of number of hours worked) on day 6 your pay is 1.5x, and day 7 is required off. At day 8 it's 2x pay, +2 days of paid vacation time (worth 8 hours or your typical shift length (which ever is larger)). It all doubles each day with out a day off. With a signed agreement between you, HR, your boss, whomever is "in charge"/owns the company and the labor board with specific documentation explaining why you have to work so many days in a row and why the job can't wait a day or someone else can't fill in. Failure to do this step results in x5 back pay for everyday worked after 6. Doubling everyday after 8.
Nah, it's definitely a worker protection ting. Sure, it has religious origins, which is why it's specifically on Sundays, but that's not why we keep it in place. It's pretty widely supported that we should have one day per week where most shops are mandated to keep closed, and nobody sees a good reason to make it any other day than Sunday, so we've kept it on Sundays.
Because there is good data showing extended drinking hours have higher rates of violence and drunk driving. No one is getting refreshment at 4am, they are getting shit faced.
I reserve the right to get shitfaced at 4am.
So glad I don't live in a nanny state.
Really? I heard the opposite, kicking everyone out at the same time results in them fighting more because you have a load of them all at once.
Nah, there’s no way soccer fans getting shithoused for hours on end while watching a friendly match would ever get rowdy. /s
I doubt that they require bars to stay open until 4 AM. It sounds more like they lifted the mandate to close earlier.
I am always for less restrictions, so this sounds actually like a good change.
That's not the mayor of Toronto, that's the premier of the province of Ontario. His younger brother was the crackhead mayor of Toronto.
I mean, he thinks he's the mayor of Toronto, and really only wants to be mayor of Toronto, so…
If he's not Mayor of Toronto why is he banning speed cameras and tellings bars when to open?
Alcohol laws fall under provincial control. The rest is because he's holding a grudge for us not electing him as mayor. He's only happy when Toronto isn't.
I actually think later bar hours are better. In countries where bars are open later, there doesn't tend to be an end of the night rush out the door into the streets. People tend to leave when they're done and it staggers the exodus somewhat. Way less fights in the street after the bars close.
Bars here in Japan are often open until first train in the big cities (~5am) with some going later. I don't necessarily see anything wrong with that in itself (especially for late shift folks who want to enjoy the same after-work experiences as day shift folks).
That said, fuck this guy for many other reasons.
Wait there are no trains in Japan at night? In Frankfurt there used to be none between like 3am and 5am. Sucked pretty hard when you missed the train and had to wait for the first one. Slept quite often at a station at the time. Now trains run all night albeit on a slow schedule.
I remember when i visited I thought it was kind of crazy. Basically the main time for nightlife goes until last train and it's a mad dash of people trying to catch the last train to get home otherwise your Basically stranded for the night which then your options are hotels or a very expensive taxi.
This guy really only cares about alcohol. Billions of dollars of provincial money spend on liquor contracts that would have expired in a year or two.
You saying this guy is obsessed?
That was a hilarious press conference.
Took so long to empty that bottle lol
Yah, you gotta pop that plastic bit out of the neck first. I don’t see this guy having the aptitude or even the skill to recognize that.
Someone should have stuck one of those shot pouring nozzles in there, would have been pretty funny.
While he does stupid media stunts like this, he passes laws so no one can see what's on his burner phones
Ford Nation is alcoholics.
The percent of votes cast to keep this fat fuck in power equals the estimate of percent alcoholics in Ontario by CAMH.
The same idiot Mayor who banned speed cameras and watched speeding increase by 235%?
Who could have predicted that?
Wait. Whats wrong with this? As someone in a city with 24 hours bars and clubs, I’m not understanding the problem. What exactly is the gripe?
I'm just making fun of the fact that all the games are in North America.
He extended bar hours so everyone can enjoy the games at 4am but there won't be any games at 4am in Toronto
If Pierre Poilievre is "trump lite" then Doug Ford is "trump heavy".
When his crackhead brother died the monkey's paw curled and now we're stuck with this 250 pound mosquito
Wait this isnt Rob Ford?
No this is Doug, he’s the premier of Ontario right now. They both crawled out of the same hellish crevice though
STOP TRYING TO OUTSHINE US, T.O.
Bars close in Montreal? Is that new?
Fifa world cup? Hmm. Maybe he wants it in place for next world cup, which might be in a different country. But, knowing he might not be mayor in 4 or 5 years time, he put it in place now, so everyone will remember him as 'the guy who let us watch football'
They don't need to, it's not a law, it's an extension. Also, some cities like Toronto need specific licence (or something like that) to stay late open(not for world Cup)
And I don't get your problem, it's a one time thing.
Also when you really learn, who Toronto Mayor is, we can finally chat.
Plonkers.
We had the same thing happen in Kansas City.
Missouri State Government passed a bill which would allow bars in Kansas City, MO to stay open 23 hours a day.
But Mayor Lucas passed a city ordinance which “vetoes” the state law, prohibiting bars within the city from opening for 23 hours.
There was a bar, Blueline Hockey Bar, who went to social media blasting the mayor.
Finally, the mayor walked back his steps and passed a motion allowing bars to stay open for 23 hours.
This ordinance only allows Kansas City bars to stay open 23 hours a day throughout the World Cup games.
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