Toronto's Alcohol in Parks Pilot program has officially been made permanent after years of debate about formally sanctioning something many residen...
Toronto 's Alcohol in Parks Pilot program has officially been made permanent after years of debate about formally sanctioning something many residents alreadylast summer to test the waters, city council made the initiative permanent at those same locations and more during a meeting Thursday.
Alcohol in parks policy is APPROVED by Toronto City Council, 20-4. Staff will move forward with incremental approach, recommending new parks to be added to alcohol-permitted list, with plan for at least one per ward.Most notably opposed to the idea early on were Ward 24 Scarborough–Guildwood Councillor Paul Ainslie, Ward 8 Eglinton–Lawrence Councillor Mike Colle and Ward 2–Etobicoke Centre Councillor Stephen Holyday.
“What we’re doing takes away business from restaurants and pubs,” Pasternak argues. “Instead of going to your local pub and sitting on the balcony and having a drink, you will buy alcohol at either an LCBO or a Beer Store and you will go to your local park.
Holyday, Ward 5–York South-Weston Councillor Frances Nunziata, Ward 7–Humber River-Black Creek Councillor Anthony Perruzza and Ward 1–Etobicoke North Councillor Vince Crisanti also moved for there to be no parks allowing alcohol consumption in their wards. Still, the rest of council overruled them in voting that the pilot become permanent and that there be at least one alcohol-permitting park per ward, even theirs. Some wards will have as many as five, per the motions approved yesterday.
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