I used to be that night shift worker. I was so grateful for that one bar in town that opened in the morning. Nothing like ending the work week with a bloody Mary at sunrise!

Allowing bars to stay open is not the same as requiring them to stay open. Owners won't keep a bar open 24 hours if there isn't any business.

The same reason half of Europe has closed shops on Sunday, worker protection.

That sounds more like countries enforcing a religious preference (day of rest on Sunday for church) than worker protection. I suppose it could be branded as secular, but so can France's ban on wearing hijabs in the name of laïcité.

I reserve the right to get shitfaced at 4am.

So glad I don't live in a nanny state.

Nah, there’s no way soccer fans getting shithoused for hours on end while watching a friendly match would ever get rowdy. /s

Really? I heard the opposite, kicking everyone out at the same time results in them fighting more because you have a load of them all at once.

There are other reasons to go to the pub. Half of the ones I go to don't even have screens. Though they are also not places I would want to go at 6am. They would probably choose not to open at that time anyway.

My point is the government shouldn't be dictating the allowed opening hours. Regulations on staff working conditions is totally fine so having staff working 18 hour shifts is clearly bullshit, but if you want to hire enough staff to cover opening hours like that then you should be allowed to.

So a late shift worker cannot go to a bar to enjoy a pint after work, because he finishes at 4 and there are no more games this late? Why? What logic is that? I think they should be open till 6AM

Why?

If a venue sees it as worth it to deal with the calibre of piss-head you get at 6am, have at it, I say

Local businesses get to make more profit and the government gets more tax from consumption duty

Whether there's football on or not really shouldn't be a factor the government cares about at all IMO

We'll just have the leaving late-night crowd play against the arriving day drinkers crowd.

Alcohol laws fall under provincial control. The rest is because he's holding a grudge for us not electing him as mayor. He's only happy when Toronto isn't.

Don't forget banning bike lanes, changing the number of council members.

That was a hilarious press conference.

Took so long to empty that bottle lol

While he does stupid media stunts like this, he passes laws so no one can see what's on his burner phones

Ford Nation is alcoholics.

The percent of votes cast to keep this fat fuck in power equals the estimate of percent alcoholics in Ontario by CAMH.

Ah gotcha

He's the Premiere of Ontario not the Mayor of Toronto.

No this is Doug, he’s the premier of Ontario right now. They both crawled out of the same hellish crevice though

Oh god. My bad. I have no idea why I got the name wrong there.

Fell for it again-award kind of vibe