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Shopping will be allowed in the Glebe on Thanksgiving Day after the Ottawa and District Labour Council lost an appeal of city council’s decision to permit holiday shopping on the commercial strip.
“I think it’s a loss for workers, for sure,” labour council president Sean McKenny said Thursday after the Ontario Municipal Board sided with the city.
“It got our city talking about common pause, talking about the importance of holidays and statutory holidays. It’s a loss for small business, quite frankly.”
Andrew Peck, executive director of the Glebe BIA, is happy with the OMB’s decision.
“We’re ecstatic,” Peck said. “We’ve been working on this since 2014. We are just thrilled that the hearing decided in our favour. We felt we put forth a strong case because we really took our time to make a strong application that the city staff supported and recommended.”
The OMB hearing at Ottawa City Hall was scheduled to last three days, but it wrapped up halfway through the second day with the adjudicator delivering an oral decision.
City council voted last February to give the Glebe a waiver to the provincial law that limits shopping on statutory holidays. The Glebe BIA made an application to the city to get the same waiver the Rideau Centre, Rideau Street, the ByWard Market and the Sparks Street Mall already have.
In fighting the city’s decision during the OMB hearing, McKenny called himself and CUPE Local 503 rep Clarence Dungey to provide testimony. Dungey testified that labour organizations are concerned holiday shopping will spread across the city if it’s allowed in the Glebe.
McKenny said the labour council will discuss the potential for further appeals.
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“I think it’s a loss for workers, for sure,” labour council president Sean McKenny said Thursday after the Ontario Municipal Board sided with the city.
“It got our city talking about common pause, talking about the importance of holidays and statutory holidays. It’s a loss for small business, quite frankly.”
Andrew Peck, executive director of the Glebe BIA, is happy with the OMB’s decision.
“We’re ecstatic,” Peck said. “We’ve been working on this since 2014. We are just thrilled that the hearing decided in our favour. We felt we put forth a strong case because we really took our time to make a strong application that the city staff supported and recommended.”
The OMB hearing at Ottawa City Hall was scheduled to last three days, but it wrapped up halfway through the second day with the adjudicator delivering an oral decision.
City council voted last February to give the Glebe a waiver to the provincial law that limits shopping on statutory holidays. The Glebe BIA made an application to the city to get the same waiver the Rideau Centre, Rideau Street, the ByWard Market and the Sparks Street Mall already have.
In fighting the city’s decision during the OMB hearing, McKenny called himself and CUPE Local 503 rep Clarence Dungey to provide testimony. Dungey testified that labour organizations are concerned holiday shopping will spread across the city if it’s allowed in the Glebe.
McKenny said the labour council will discuss the potential for further appeals.
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