Plus an email response from Honorable Charlie Parker, Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly regarding the court decision.

I can not believe this article," Sunday shopping policy only keeps the debate alive ".
"So how has Ghiz government handled this hot potato? In spite of a legislative committee's recommendation that government get out of the business of regulating Sunday shopping, in spite of a Supreme Court of Nova Scotia ruling that struck down a ban on Sunday shopping in that province, the Ghiz government came up with a hybrid approach"

It's one thing to give an opinion and another to mislead people on what happened here in Nova Scotia.

It's been a few years since we had the Sunday shopping plebiscite in 2004. I sure wish I would have known what I know now about the issue and why the ban should be reinstated without any questions. I guess the best way to address this to the public is start from the beginning step by step.

I can remember before the plebiscite the premier at the time was John Hamm and he was under considerable pressure to open stores on Sundays. He was getting it from tourism and the Chamber of Commerce. Poll after poll was introduced to us on TV and in our newspapers and radio. Would you like to have Sunday shopping? Yes or No?  Despite the polls and the claims by the media that the majority of Nova Scotians wanted Sunday shopping, we went to the polls in a plebiscite to decide whether or not to have Sunday shopping.

I had to write an article this morning that has me fuming over comments made in this article  -  As Sunday shopping ends for the winter the debate on opening rears its head again in The Guardian  http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=312831&sc=103

I'm extremely happy that Prince Edward Island is not going to allow Sunday Shopping after Christmas.