The opposition is joining its voice to those calling on the administration and the fire department to explain why customers were ordered off the patios on Peel Street Friday night.
Montreal restaurant owners in disbelief as fire department shuts down terrasses on Grand Prix opening night
Related: Restaurant and bar owners as well as the public are outraged after the fire department shut down terrasses in downtown Montreal on Friday's Grand Prix weekend opening night due to fire hazard concerns. As Matilda Cerone explains, there seems to have been a miscommunication between the city and the fire department, and business owners got caught in the middle.
City hall opposition group Ensemble Montréal is joining its voice to those calling on the administration and the fire department to explain why shocked customers were ordered off the patios on Peel Street at around 9 p.m. on Friday during one of the busiest nights of the year. Sandra Ferreira posted a tearful video to social media on Friday describing how uniformed officers arrived at her family’s Ferreira Café and ordered her to clear the outdoor seating area because it did not conform to municipal bylaws.She said there had been some back and forth with inspectors on the placement of patios and the tents covering them in the weeks preceding the Montreal Formula One race, but she was under the impression that her setup had been allowed.
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