Opposition mounting against 7-Eleven alcohol service
Applications before the province's alcohol authority would allow booze to be served and consumed inside 61 Ontario 7-Eleven stores
Author of the article:Bryan Passifiume
Publishing date:Mar 09, 2021 • 18 hours ago • 1 minute read • comment bubble6 Comments
7-Eleven store in Toronto.
7-Eleven store in Toronto. PHOTO BY ERNEST DOROSZUK /Toronto Sun
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Plans to permit select 7-Eleven stores to allow in-store alcohol service have hit a sour note.
On Monday, OPSEU President Smokey Thomas announced the union, which represents the province’s 8,000 LCBO workers, filed official objections to the 7-Eleven proposal with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO).
“We’ll find ourselves going down a dangerous path if the AGCO lets this multinational corporation squeeze through a loophole and bring alcohol sales to convenience stores,” Thomas said.
“7-Eleven says it’s trying to make its stores into restaurants where alcohol can be served, but we all know the truth: kids and teens will find themselves shoulder-to-shoulder with intoxicated people washing down a Twinkie with a six-pack.”
According to the plan, alcohol would be served for consumption inside 61 Ontario 7-Eleven stores.
People have until Thursday to comment on the application which is now in the public notice phase.
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Nineteen of the AGCO applications are for 7-Eleven locations that fall within Toronto’s city limits.
Wednesday’s city council meeting agenda features three motions requesting the city to file formal objections to the applications.
A motion put forward by Councillor Frances Nunziata calls on the AGCO to deny the application for the 7-Eleven at Weston Rd. and Jane St. unless conditions are attached.
“There are concerns in the community that an establishment with a liquor licence can cause noise and disturbance to residents in the area,” the motion reads.
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“If conditions are put in place, these concerns may be mitigated. Under no circumstance should the establishment be granted a liquor sales licence without conditions attached.”
None of these conditions were included in the motion, and inquiries to Nunziata’s office for more information went unanswered.
bpassifiume@postmedia.com
On Twitter: @bryanpassifiume
Applications before the province's alcohol authority would allow booze to be served and consumed inside 61 Ontario 7-Eleven stores
Author of the article:Bryan Passifiume
Publishing date:Mar 09, 2021 • 18 hours ago • 1 minute read • comment bubble6 Comments
7-Eleven store in Toronto.
7-Eleven store in Toronto. PHOTO BY ERNEST DOROSZUK /Toronto Sun
Article content
Plans to permit select 7-Eleven stores to allow in-store alcohol service have hit a sour note.
On Monday, OPSEU President Smokey Thomas announced the union, which represents the province’s 8,000 LCBO workers, filed official objections to the 7-Eleven proposal with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO).
“We’ll find ourselves going down a dangerous path if the AGCO lets this multinational corporation squeeze through a loophole and bring alcohol sales to convenience stores,” Thomas said.
“7-Eleven says it’s trying to make its stores into restaurants where alcohol can be served, but we all know the truth: kids and teens will find themselves shoulder-to-shoulder with intoxicated people washing down a Twinkie with a six-pack.”
According to the plan, alcohol would be served for consumption inside 61 Ontario 7-Eleven stores.
People have until Thursday to comment on the application which is now in the public notice phase.
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Nineteen of the AGCO applications are for 7-Eleven locations that fall within Toronto’s city limits.
Wednesday’s city council meeting agenda features three motions requesting the city to file formal objections to the applications.
A motion put forward by Councillor Frances Nunziata calls on the AGCO to deny the application for the 7-Eleven at Weston Rd. and Jane St. unless conditions are attached.
“There are concerns in the community that an establishment with a liquor licence can cause noise and disturbance to residents in the area,” the motion reads.
7-Eleven store in Toronto.
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Bartender Alicia Mattoe, right, makes a drink as patrons sit on the patio at Joey Sherway, part of the Joey Restaurant chain during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.
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“If conditions are put in place, these concerns may be mitigated. Under no circumstance should the establishment be granted a liquor sales licence without conditions attached.”
None of these conditions were included in the motion, and inquiries to Nunziata’s office for more information went unanswered.
bpassifiume@postmedia.com
On Twitter: @bryanpassifiume
Opposition mounting against 7-Eleven alcohol service
Applications before the province's alcohol authority would allow booze to be served and consumed inside 61 Ontario 7-Eleven stores
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