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There was no chill this weekend at a kid-run lemonade stand on a stretch of Colonel By Drive owned by the National Capital Commission.
The lemonade stand run by sisters Eliza and Adela Andrews, ages 7 and 5, was shut down by the NCC at around 11 a.m. on Sunday by an NCC officer because the girls didn’t have the proper permit to sell lemonade on NCC property.
“It is what it is,” said Kurtis Andrews, the girls’ father. “The officers have discretion on these matters and they chose to practice it the way they did and that’s fine.”
But, said Andrews, the NCC could have provided a little leeway for two little girls trying to learn a bit about business and raise money for their summer camp fees.
“There are people who say rules are rules and you have to follow them, and I understand that, but at the same time, not all the rules take into account all the possible circumstances,” he said. “And so, a little discretion and allowing something that’s not going to be particularly harmful to proceed would have been an appropriate decision as well.
“But, so be it, that’s their decision.”
After the CBC first reported the story, reaction online towards the NCC’s strict enforcement of the rule-breaking lemonade stand has been a flood of (mainly) humourous outrage.
It's all in the attitude: Official Ottawa takes a stand against lemons & little ones. pic.twitter.com/TLYJ8G92qU
— Dysthymic Dad™ (@DysthymicDad) July 4, 2016
Video of fighter jet scrambled to engage children's rogue lemonade stand. #Ottawa pic.twitter.com/9PkDbkk49W
— Andrew King (@twitandrewking) July 4, 2016
A local MP needed at least three tweets to express his outrage:
Thank goodness the NCC is protecting us from the anarchy of unregulated children's lemonade stands. 1/3 https://t.co/VNn4zCbIQM
— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) July 3, 2016
After the story took off online, restaurant Union Local 613 offered to help the girls out.
We feel your pain…if anyone knows these kids tell 'em we will cover the cost of camp…and we will sponsor any… https://t.co/TEbVWbaLM8
— Union Local 613 (@Unionlocal613) July 3, 2016
However, Andrews said he won’t take the restaurant up on their offer.
He said they’re not in financial need and there are other families that could benefit from this type of charity. Andrews said he simply was trying to teach his girls about the value of earning a dollar. His daughters wanted to go to summer camp, and so, he made a deal with the girls that if they raised some of the money for camp fees he would pay the rest.
Andrews said he’s heading down to drop off an application to get a permit to sell lemonade on the same NCC property that they were kicked off of over the weekend.
The NCC was not immediately available for comment.
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The lemonade stand run by sisters Eliza and Adela Andrews, ages 7 and 5, was shut down by the NCC at around 11 a.m. on Sunday by an NCC officer because the girls didn’t have the proper permit to sell lemonade on NCC property.
“It is what it is,” said Kurtis Andrews, the girls’ father. “The officers have discretion on these matters and they chose to practice it the way they did and that’s fine.”
But, said Andrews, the NCC could have provided a little leeway for two little girls trying to learn a bit about business and raise money for their summer camp fees.
“There are people who say rules are rules and you have to follow them, and I understand that, but at the same time, not all the rules take into account all the possible circumstances,” he said. “And so, a little discretion and allowing something that’s not going to be particularly harmful to proceed would have been an appropriate decision as well.
“But, so be it, that’s their decision.”
After the CBC first reported the story, reaction online towards the NCC’s strict enforcement of the rule-breaking lemonade stand has been a flood of (mainly) humourous outrage.
It's all in the attitude: Official Ottawa takes a stand against lemons & little ones. pic.twitter.com/TLYJ8G92qU
— Dysthymic Dad™ (@DysthymicDad) July 4, 2016
Video of fighter jet scrambled to engage children's rogue lemonade stand. #Ottawa pic.twitter.com/9PkDbkk49W
— Andrew King (@twitandrewking) July 4, 2016
A local MP needed at least three tweets to express his outrage:
Thank goodness the NCC is protecting us from the anarchy of unregulated children's lemonade stands. 1/3 https://t.co/VNn4zCbIQM
— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) July 3, 2016
After the story took off online, restaurant Union Local 613 offered to help the girls out.
We feel your pain…if anyone knows these kids tell 'em we will cover the cost of camp…and we will sponsor any… https://t.co/TEbVWbaLM8
— Union Local 613 (@Unionlocal613) July 3, 2016
However, Andrews said he won’t take the restaurant up on their offer.
He said they’re not in financial need and there are other families that could benefit from this type of charity. Andrews said he simply was trying to teach his girls about the value of earning a dollar. His daughters wanted to go to summer camp, and so, he made a deal with the girls that if they raised some of the money for camp fees he would pay the rest.
Andrews said he’s heading down to drop off an application to get a permit to sell lemonade on the same NCC property that they were kicked off of over the weekend.
The NCC was not immediately available for comment.
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