T&T get a fine for opening store yesterday morning

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City bylaw officers slapped a newly opened Asian food superstore with a $610 fine Wednesday for opening for business on Remembrance Day morning.
The T&T Superstore on Hunt Club Rd. opened its doors before 12:30 p.m.
Store manager Jimmy Wen said he and the store’s Toronto-based headquarters didn’t know about the Ottawa bylaw that prohibits most stores from opening until 11 a.m. Remembrance Day ceremonies wrap up.
Wen said the store was very busy, with as many customers as it would see on a weekend day.
City bylaw officers visited the store at 11:30 a.m., about two hours after the store opened at 9 a.m.
Under the bylaw, the city could have fined the store the sum of its gross sales for the day but bylaw officers opted for the nominal $610 fine, said Christine Hartig, project policy officer with the city’s bylaw department.
“We decided to take that action because it’s a new store,” said Hartig.
The Remembrance Day bylaw has been in place since amalgamation in 2001 when it was adopted from the former City of Ottawa.
donna.casey@sunmedia.ca

 

[psw0000]

stupid bylaw!

 

[京华倦客]

那俩小时赚的钱得是610的多少倍啊。。。

不过是想拿这个做news来支持一下保守党对移民无法融入本地社会不share Canadian value的论点而已。。。

 

[阿搜]

Geez, big deal.

 

[maxium]

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[ccc]

T&T is now under Loblaws. Was any Loblaws store open during that period of time yesterday? T&T management should feel thankful, if not lucky, that only a very slim ticket was issued.

 

[hcloud]

这大统华只能说是功课没做到家。
不过移民人口对法律法规的忽视确实是个不小的问题。 小则引起本地民众歧视， 如果长期不改就怕有激进派连政府政策都改掉。

 

[scotty]

这个bylaw 太tmd愚蠢了！昨天除了政府，银行放假之外，大部分公司，学校都正常工作，是不是也应该给罚款啊？

 

[heureux]

T&T is now under Loblaws. Was any Loblaws store open during that period of time yesterday? T&T management should feel thankful, if not lucky, that only a very slim ticket was issued.

agree!

 

[hcloud]

这个bylaw 太tmd愚蠢了！昨天除了政府，银行放假之外，大部分公司，学校都正常工作，是不是也应该给罚款啊？

• Law is the judgment of the state.
• Lawfulness is just.
• The judgment of the state is sometimes unjust.

 

[ccc]

When a low or a by-law is enforced, you can only say, "Sorry. Yes, Sir! Never again!", even though you could turn around and say, "Fxxx you, AH!"

 

[j2me_ottawa]

很多时候公共假日开店罚钱很正常。好多business都会被罚的，但是他们情愿被罚，因为他们不在乎，能赚更多的回来。

 

[Obiwan]

这大统华只能说是功课没做到家。
不过移民人口对法律法规的忽视确实是个不小的问题。 小则引起本地民众歧视， 如果长期不改就怕有激进派连政府政策都改掉。

I think they know the law too well, as a result, they are willing to take $610 fine for god knows how much businesses they had made between 9 am and 12:30 pm.

 

[lindamy]

不知那些开365天的中国店，是否需要遵守这个法律？还是他们认为赚得比罚得多，所以不在乎？

 

[Lou]

好多餐馆、商店都是照常开门啊，city有没有去罚款？
个人感觉，city可能早盯上T&T了，就是看看它到时候是不是提前开门，好警示T&T, 生意再好，也要注意当地的法律，听city管辖。
“City bylaw officers visited the store at 11:30 a.m.”， 怎么这么巧啊，11点10分仪式还没结束呢，人就11点半到了，呵呵