[The Producer]

this isn't about grocery stores vs restaurants. obviously one is essential and one is not. the point is that one industry is getting used and manipulated by the government as a means of communication and control of the masses. I don't think any restaurant owners, or the 10's of 1000s of restaurant workers signed up to be the carrot on the stick. all along we've had a little line let out, then some taken back, then a little more out, and now within sight of the finish line we're being reigned in hard one more time.

we're not doing what we're told by mom and dad, so once again they are taking away our favourite toys. the easiest and most direct way to do that, that has the greatest impact on the segment of the population they want to correct the behaviour of, is to shut down the restaurant industry. Everyone either is in it, directly knows people that are in it, or frequent it. Horgan literally told us there would be consequences for bad behaviour on friday and here we are on monday, getting lectured and ultimately grounded.

my issue is, and always has been, that they are disingenuous about it. Show me the data, show me what specifically you hope to accomplish here. Stop talking with your hands and discussing "finding a balance". True balance and fairness would be to take the legs out from under a different industry this time to get the message across, instead of continually wiping out hospitality. Trouble is I can't think of any others that would work almost universally.

My final plea. I feel like I've done this every few months. Pleas stop only thinking about "the numbers" and start having some fucking compassion for people who's lives get thrown upside down every time this happens. Anybody anywhere that's glad they've closed the restaurants and the mountains and any other employer, are the selfish ones in the province. Your fellow citizens are getting screwed, and it's not right.