Changes to Holiday Shopping Regulations

9 Oct

Please see below details received via email regarding proposed changes to Holiday Shopping Regulations.

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Changes to Holiday Shopping Regulations

On October 16, 2012, in Committee Room 1, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, at1:30 p.m., or as soon as possible after, the City of Toronto Economic Development Committee will consider a report recommending changes to the Holiday Shopping Regulation (City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 510).

The report recommends that existing regulations requiring retail stores to close on New Year’s Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Christmas Day remain in place and that all retail stores be permitted to open on the following four days: Victoria Day, Canada Day, Labour Day and Thanksgiving Day from 10 a.m. to 6 pm.

The report and the current regulations can be viewed at www.toronto.ca/council

A copy of the staff report is attached to this email.

Information about how to make written submissions or to address the Economic Development Committee can be found at http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/tmmis/have-your-say.htm.

To make a written submission or address the Economic Development Committee, please notify the Merle MacDonald, Committee Administrator, by 12 noon on October 15, 2012 by phone at416-392-1032 or 416-392-8485, by email at edc@toronto.ca or by fax at 416-392-1879.

The information in this email is collected under the authority of the City of Toronto Act, Section 6 and 7, for the purpose of answering questions regarding the Holiday Shopping Consultation process. Should you have any questions relating to this collection of your information please contact Randy McLean, Director, Economic Development & Culture, 416-392-3397.

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