To: Bob Park, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council. To: Mayor Talstra and the Terrace Council. Dear Sirs, As a partner and businessman operating in Terrace I would like to voice my concern regar- _ ° ding the. Sunday shopp- — ing issue now before us. ‘I am-opposed to open Sunday shopping. It is obvious that necessary services may be allowed - to open Sundays which ‘benefit all of us. The most compelling issue is that before the Economic Advisory Council has met or a referendum has been held,, two major businesses have opened on Sunday. The third, because of competition, may open. Are we going to let big business with head- quarters in Toronto and Vancouver, set the trends and standards for our community? No con- sultation appeared to be done by these firms to the council or members of the business sector, or members of the com- ‘munity at large. The decision to open seemed to be made outside the community, not from within. This is an issue which has far reaching effects on each person living here. issues before us For clarity, let me list the surrounding issues before us. First, we have two large companies who have taken it upon themselves to act, in what appears to be, an undemocratic manner in the decision making pro- cess. They are in viola- tion of the present laws and have the attitude that they can do as they please until the courts decide at a later date. What condition would our community be in if we. allowed that attitude to prevail? Are we going may work in the big cities does not mean it will work here. Does this mean all the bars will soon open because they will be ‘‘discriminated against”? or their rights will be violated? | This will force many others to open, not by their choice, but from pressure from their com- petition. mS Pressure on families My .second point is that this will cause new pressure on families liv- Option is swell To the editor, My thanks to Over- waitea, K-Mart, and Safeway for this wonder- ful Sunday shopping. I work six days a week and for the first time in ‘years, I can enjoy shop- ping. Before this it had to done after a tiring day or on the run of stolen _ time. In my case it will im- prove the quality of life. It is strange to suggest that anyone will suffer as a result of Sunday Shop- ping when we remember the doctors, nurses, firemen, as well as many, many others have always work- ed on Sundays. I feel it- gives us a choice, and creates em- ployment. Sincerely, Ada Solowoniuk Terrace, B.C. RCMP, and_ hospitality trade workers - ‘more ing in Terrace. These companies seem to be telling us what is best for our community. . They have subverted the pro- cess of the quality of life we now enjoy. This is-the fabric which makes Ter- race a great place to live and we chose to live here. because of it. Our chur-: - ches, service clubs, recreation clubs, societies that benefit the underprivileged, will all suffer as a result if we let this go through. All of them hold their meetings and benefits on Sunday, © the only day society has set aside for these events. Besides our “‘rights’’ we also have responsibilities to care for our senior citizens, and our fellow man, those on fixed in- comes, those less for- tunate. These services will suffer or will we pile the responsibility on governments which now are running huge deficits? Thirdly, to keep the businesses open on Sun- day the costs are going to be passed on to the peo- ple of. Terrace. The strategy used is to open Sunday, not hire any ad- ditional staff, try to justify that it is a good move by offering ‘‘sale merchandise’ on Sun- day. But when all is said and done, up go the prices to cover costs. It is already an economic reality that goods cost in the north because of the distance and the size of our com- munities. Why should we support more increases for the people living here? . Concern raised over Sunday s One of the major con- cerns I have is that this does nothing for new jobs in Terrace. We are presently involved in- making Terrace a “regional center’. We will be forced, if Sunday shopping goes ahead, to spread out our: staffing which may mean poor service to our customers. In heavy service related businesses there will be less information for pro- ducts that consumers use. Why is Kitimat go- ing through difficulties in their business com- munity? We always hear that service to their customers was a major issue, Do we want that to happen in Terrace? We presently open six days a week plus Thursday and Friday nights in the ma- jority of businesses. Do we need Sunday? Fourthly, Sunday shopping will just add more pressure, stress and anxiety to the people that have to work these shifts. Many homes will be disrupted as each Terrace Review — Wednesday, Feb, 26, 1986 5 hopping family unit is forced to live with these new stan- dards, set by what ap- pears to be greedy cor- porations, if allowed to open, The Sunday closure laws were made by government so we could live in freedom, religious or personal, We do not want the bondage set on our lifestyles or families that Sunday openings will bring. Iam against this apparent undemocratic process which we are now being forced to live with. Who Derksen’s | Watch | Repairs WATCH & JEWELLERY REPAIRS _ ENGRAVING — Phone 635-4538 is running our govern- ment and making the laws? It should be you and I the people, not some corporation, whose profits do not come back to the community. 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