Sunday Closing Loophole To Be Closed In Nova Scotia

In the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, Premier Rodney MacDonald is acting to remove a loophole from the province's Sunday closing law that has permitted two large grocery chains to remain open on Sunday. Nova Scotia voters in an October 2004 referendum supported a requirement that stores with more than 4,000 square feet of retail space stay closed on Sunday. Two large grocery chains subdivided several of their stores into smaller businesses to get around the law. MacDonald said that a new plebiscite on Sunday closing will be held in 2008, but in the meantime the spirit of the voter's decision will be enforced. These developments were reported earlier this week in Today's Family News.