Arena alcohol sales ban punishes innocent
T-C Letters:
Arena alcohol sales ban punishes innocent
I always thought that Canada was a free country, a democracy, based on the rule of law. After reading about the legal battle at the Save-On Foods Memorial Centre, I now realize that Canada is not a free country. We have institutionalized the punishment of thousands of innocent people with the stroke of a bureaucrat’s pen.
In 2007, four underage drinkers were ejected from the arena. But that wasn’t good enough for the Liquor Board. The next 20,000 or so spectators at the arena had to be punished too. It matters not that these citizens are innocent. They committed no crime. Not only that, the board has decreed only “major” events be included in the six-day penalty.
We are on the road to serfdom when a regulatory body can, and does, persecute and punish innocent citizens.
Bruce Sellars
Victoria