Sunday shopping bill passes on P.E.I.
The last province in Canada to have legislation prohibiting retailers from opening on Sundays has changed its laws.
Restrictions on Sunday shopping will soon be lifted on Prince Edward Island.
A bill to allow Sunday shopping passed third reading Tuesday evening, with speaker Kathleen Casey's vote required to break the tie.
Sunday shopping will now be allowed year round, however merchants will be given the choice of whether to open.
Previously, Sunday openings were only allowed between Victoria Day and Christmas.
The new law is expected to be in place by Christmas.
P.E.I. was the last province in Canada to have legislation prohibiting retailers from opening on Sundays.
| VOTES UNCHANGED FROM SECOND READING | |
| Yes | No |
| Paula Biggar - Lib. | Hon. Carolyn Bertram - Lib. |
| Jim Bagnall - PC | Hon. Richard Brown - Lib. |
| Mike Currie - PC | Hon. Allan Campbell - Lib. |
| Bush Dumville - Lib. | Valerie Docherty - Lib. |
| Cynthia Dunsford - Lib. | Sonny Gallant - Lib. |
| Hon. Olive Crane - PC | Hon. Robert Ghiz - Lib. |
| Hon. Doug Currie - Lib. | Hon. Neil LeClair - Lib. |
| Gerard Greenan - Lib. | Charlie McGeoghegan - Lib. |
| Robert Henderson - Lib. | Hon. Ron McKinley - Lib. |
| Robert Mitchell - Lib. | Alan McIsaac - Lib. |
| Hon. Wes Sheridan - Lib. | Pat Murphy - Lib. |
| Hon. Robert Vessey - Lib. | Hon. Janice Sherry - Lib. |
| Buck Watts - Lib. | Hon. George Webster - Lib. |