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.
They only state they can stay open until 4am. It doesn’t mention what time they reopen. My sister’s bar opens at 6am or so. Supposedly for night shift workers.
I used to be that night shift worker. I was so grateful for that one bar in town that opened in the morning. Nothing like ending the work week with a bloody Mary at sunrise!
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.
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.
There needs to be games at 6am though
There are other reasons to go to the pub. Half of the ones I go to don’t even have screens. Though they are also not places I would want to go at 6am. They would probably choose not to open at that time anyway.
My point is the government shouldn’t be dictating the allowed opening hours. Regulations on staff working conditions is totally fine so having staff working 18 hour shifts is clearly bullshit, but if you want to hire enough staff to cover opening hours like that then you should be allowed to.
That’s sounds like some crazy libertarian stuff
Give people the liberty to choose? Nvr gonna happen
It makes easier for the Dui quota if they can force alcoholics to get on the road at the same time
“crazy libertarian stuff” = business owners should be able to pick their own opening times?
I think theres a stigma around that rule more than it has anything to do with it being libertarian. The later bars are allowed to be open the worse of a look it gives the neighborhood. It could bring unwanted types of people in since those are the only people they believe would be drinking at 3am, as well as additional noise which could be disruptive if the bar is located next to residential places. I think its just seen as a bad look which is why its restricted. I am also someone who doesn’t really care, but i guess location should matter in what time is the latest it can stay open. I grew up visiting NY a lot and they are a perfect example of who cares what time a bar closes and it was wonderful.
Why?
If a venue sees it as worth it to deal with the calibre of piss-head you get at 6am, have at it, I say
Local businesses get to make more profit and the government gets more tax from consumption duty
Whether there’s football on or not really shouldn’t be a factor the government cares about at all IMO
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.
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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.
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
Ah gotcha
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.
[self deleted for unintentional racism] genuine sorry about that
Holy shit. It’s Olivia Chow.
Oh god. My bad. I have no idea why I got the name wrong there.
Chow is useless. Doug is de facto Mayor. Apparently lemmy doesn’t get it.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-doug-ford-is-not-the-mayor-of-ontario/
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
The same idiot Mayor who banned speed cameras and watched speeding increase by 235%?
Who could have predicted that?
If Pierre Poilievre is “trump lite” then Doug Ford is “trump heavy”.
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’
Truly what the people of Canada needed right now…
