That is very much the response my constituents got the last time, and it was the response to the petition. The problem is: it doesn't reflect the reality of many business models. There are very few patios in this town. Our patio season is short. If you walk up to a patio at one of the few we have in town at a class A establishment and you have a minor with you, you can't sit down because there are people drinking only beer. That business has to decide whether people want lunch-hour beers only or they want minors, such that changing one or repurposing your entire business to be half class A and class B is not the reality of how business owners want to run their businesses. I will ask this Minister: this is a regulation change purely within her authority. Will she amend the regulations to find a model that works for class A business owners?
Rylund Johnson on Question 389-19(2): Allowing Minors in Class A Establishments
In the Legislative Assembly on October 21st, 2020. See this statement in context.
Question 389-19(2): Allowing Minors in Class A Establishments
Oral Questions
October 21st, 2020
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