Businesses on the main want extended hours on weekends

 

According to the Gazette, store owners on the main want their hours of business extended to close past 5pm on the weekend.

 

In a poll done with frequent visitors to the iconic boulevard, ninety-three per cent are in favour of stores staying opened past 5pm on weekends.

 

Merchants have to get public and borough approval to stay open late. They wish to stay open until 8pm saying most shoppers are from outside the vicinity.

 

Stores on St.Laurent face fines if caught by undercover agents who pretend to be shoppers entering a store and being served after 5 on the weekend. Some fines can be as a high as two thousand dollars for a first offense.

 

Stores in Old & Downtown Montreal are allowed to keep their doors opened until 8pm on the weekends.