Dave Smith > wrote in news:49cffc1f$0$27434
:

> A similar thing happened here with retail stores. The stores in NY state
> were open on Sundays and our dollar was close to the US dollar. People
> were flocking over the border to take advantage of cheaper prices, so
> the local stores complained that they were losing too much business to
> the American stores. The government opted to allow them to be open on
> Sundays here.

The market area in Ottawa is similarly exempt from closures due to tourism.

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