Bar and resto owners may flout orders
A whole lot of restaurant and bar owners are considering holding a mass defiance of health orders at the end of January.
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Uatu 12:20 on 2022-01-22 Permalink
Hey I’m all for it… as long as they volunteer their time at the ER and ICU to help out.
Kevin 12:28 on 2022-01-22 Permalink
I am okay as long as they agree to stay home and suffer once they get sick and can no longer breathe. No asking for medical help from overworked doctors and nurses.
j2 12:40 on 2022-01-22 Permalink
I do have a lot of sympathy and one of my thoughts was they should forfeit the government programs if they do open, in addition to fines, but the article makes the point the government programs aren’t even good enough, definitely in terms of timeliness if nothing else like amount and simplicity. (I’m not sure why this should be difficult, most of these businesses had well established taxes and sales but then of course the fact I have to fill out my side of income tax is also mind boggling.)
It’s not clear to me how they can get change? Demonstrations? This? Maybe this is what’s left?
Joey 12:50 on 2022-01-22 Permalink
Prediction: by January 30, the province will have already announced a reopening date for dining rooms
Kate 13:17 on 2022-01-22 Permalink
Joey, it seems likely.
Chris 13:40 on 2022-01-22 Permalink
Uatu and Kevin: when do you think restaurants and bars should reopen? What metric or threshold are you waiting for?
Tim S. 13:46 on 2022-01-22 Permalink
Chris, what are your acceptable mortality/long-term complication rates?
Ephraim 14:45 on 2022-01-22 Permalink
Even at 25%, the government should allow them to take a non-refundable deposit with reservations (with a maximum of 20% of their average ticket per person) as part of a compromise to help towards their reopening. Or make it a gift-certificate purchase, if refundable… so they have the embarrassment of having to come in and collect it, if they cancel/no-show. The no-shows and last minute cancellations are killing them. It’s time to stop the no-shows.
Kevin 16:46 on 2022-01-22 Permalink
Chris
When doctors and nurses are able to take a week or two off without being called back in.
A lot of people haven’t had any time off in two years.
Faiz Imam 00:04 on 2022-01-23 Permalink
If routine surgery and overall standard of care is at least approaching normal, we can start loosening things.
But as long as people who need lifesaving surgery are having their operations cancelled, I dont think anything else matters.