A restaurant in Toronto has chosen to defy the province's lockdown order and open for indoor dining in the face of growing COVID-19 cases.
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Instead of giving multi- billion dollar tax breaks to mega-rich corporations maybe goverments should be giving some of those billions to small businesses.
@George H yeah really it isn’t his fault that covid spread has risen from him opening for one day and not being fairly successful…
@Call Me Ishmael Kelly is probably their English name Z Wang is probably their real name.
@Kelly Toronto The real lunatics closed down the world and ruined millions of lives over a bat soup! Remember young Kelly, Sweden had no lockdown and same rate of getting covid lol.
@CreativeType then Costco/Walmart should be closed too
@G P Really , name a few
I see where the small businesses are coming from – limited support, losing customer base, losses from fixed costs, etc. While the big stores are still open and are densely packed. There needs to be a chance in the covid response for businesses and fair protocols for all. Also someone tell me why are schools still open?
@MingWLee learn english before you comment about canadian politics.
@MingWLee not realkt if you look at sheer number of students in a school vs resteraunts
So they can indoctrinate your children obvi. Everything you’ve learned about human history is a lie. A certain group has controlled the narrative for millennia
Children aren’t an at-risk group, and technically public schools are an essential service (even though we all know that they don’t teach much of value anyways)
@jonbification you first. I still have a job
Big business like Walmart or costco or Amazon should be profit sharing with small business if they are going to keep this two tiered standard
“Indoor dining” enough said. Walmart sells essentials, and I’m hopeful places like McDonald’s minus drive trough are atleast shut down as this place should/is.
That’s why I never went into business for a career. I chose health care instead. Health care is immune to changes in the economy.
@Christopher D finally someone with some sense
@Ali Chaudhry your condescending comment shows the class of money in our healthcare system. Aloha open the snack bar
“Big business like Walmart or costco or Amazon”
Also known as the distribution arm of the People’s Republic of China.
why are schools still open if this whole thing is so dangerous?
I love all the arm chair epidemiologists here. Absolutely priceless.
Because the schools are daycare so parents can go to their factory jobs…..big business wins again.
Because kids have to be indoctrinated pronto? There is no time to waist!!
Virus must be disliking the schools..
@AkulaSpawn Well yeah. That’s always the risk of opening a small business. You’ll be the first in line to go under.
Small businesses are decimated. While the top 20 richest Canadians increased their wealth by $37 billion since the lockdowns started. Jeff Bezos wealth increased by $55 billion in less than 9 months. We’re witnessing one of the biggest wealth transfers, and consolidations of power in history
Keep buying from Amazon and he will keep getting richer. You’re the one supporting big business.
@dougler500 Bitcoin and Etherum is a 2020 by far best performing asset
@DMC Strong Bitcoin and Etherum is a 2020 by far best performing asset
Let’s not forget amazon also paid 0$ in canadian taxes this year.
The biggest ever.
I have a stupid question…would it still be illegal if he was operating a charity and giving the food away for free? I want smart answers.
A guy was building movable shelters for the homeless and the city sent him a Cease and Dessist
No because charities don’t have dine in. Pick up and delivery are still allowed. Now if it was a soup kitchen or something like that, then it probably would be illegal yes.
Pastor Artur Polowski in Calgary has been given record tickets for feeding the homeless, outside, and that was before the lockdown.
If the guy is giving his food away for free then he deserves to lose his business for being stupid! Wake up, it’s 2020 everyman for himself!
That would be more heavily enforced bud
I remember in the spring when Walmart was allowed to open and sell garden supplies.
But garden centres werent allowed to do the same.
Yeah if you were able to make it safe I don’t see why it would be a problem.
Big is big and small is small. This is all..
IF YOU CAN PAUSE PEOPLE’S LIVES YOU CAN PAUSE BANKERS FROM COLLECTING , HUMAN MADE PROBLEM ,LOVED ONE’S NOT REPLACEABLE, WE KNOW MONEY CAN BE CREATED OUT OF THIN AIR AND BE MANIPULATED ,PLAY THE GREED GAME LATER
AND THAT’S FACTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Exactly!!! Why aren’t banks PAUSING payments to help everyone?! Why does everyone have to suffer but banks aren’t affected at all?? Shows you who really is in charge
@bashbrannigan you are here aren’t you, if what i said makes sence to you than i got my message across,do i still look bad ? And technically you are reading my thoughts not looking at me 🤷♂️
@AvaLeafs10 🖖🙏 wellcome to wizzard of oz
WRONG, THROW THEM IN JAIL, THEY’RE NOT PAYING THEIR RENT. 💲💲💲
Maybe we should shut down the big corps and allow only small business then the population would be spread out far more.
He’s right, why are big corporations allowed to stay open but not small businesses? Corporations already have so much money yet get bailed out, and mom and pops have to shut down with nothing. HOW IS THIS RIGHT?
@Evan Atchums nope, he is right. Restaurants have been proven to be superspreader locations, just ask any epidemiological contract tracer, or one of several studies proving it. Masks work, even for idiots. You should try them!
@bashbrannigan Is a local restaurant not considered a small business??
@Enya That’s not the point. The video and commentator were saying small businesses were treated unfairly compared to large businesses. But it’s not that restaurants are a small business that they’re closed, it’s because they spread the virus easily.
@bashbrannigan then explain how they are going to control the virus at the schools?
@brinda deal How schools are handling the virus is easy to find. You can read about that yourself, don’t ask me to do it for you
Oh yeah the Premier the liberals and all cronies know exactly how unfair it is and how tough it is with their big fat salaries
The System: “ Do as I say but not as I do”
Small businesses is just as important.
Small businesses are our life blood.
Yup. Ford needs to support the small businesses.
Playing with lives here.
they want only McDonalds to be open by the end of this nightmare
@Ontario BigFoot Investigations well, we shouldn’t allow mcdorks to open then should we?
@LoveIn TheSun well I agree close it down I don’t want some brat 15 year old touching my food
Why was the reporter not wearing a mask in the beginning but towards the end he was?😂😂
was about to comment this 🤦♂️
seriously enough is enough
Cuz they’re hypocrites
@leesym …& liars
He probably took it off again to get a burger inside.
Well, this is one way of getting free advertising.
Lockdowns are a violation of the Police Services Act, Heabus Corpus, Department of Justice Act, Competition law and the charter itself. This is not about public health, this is about control. A persons health is their own problem.
Not if their health problem can kill others.
@Nomad77ca so stay home and stfu?
So if this virus was even worse than ebola you would still not be okay with a lockdown? U doorknob.
Finally a report that I can thumbs up! I will do everything I can to support small businesses.
“Rich get richer while the poor get poorer,”
Big, multimillion dollar companies remain open for business while the mom & pop stores are ordered to be shut down. So easy to see what’s wrong with this picture. I don’t blame the restaurant owner at all.
Yes but isn’t everyone just blind by the same restrictions? Like he could do take out just not eat in right?
Not like the huge companies are allowed to have dine in?
Correct me if I’m wrong just looking to make fair sense of that,
It is pretty stupid I can go to work at a packed factory but somehow avoiding dining rooms is making things better.
HE IS A HERO!
Let’s go Canada more of these ,let’s put it together Albertans,And it starts, please comment