Beer drinkers like you and the media have really spoken out against the government for their mishandling of the (one would think) easy concept of happy hour.
We’ve had no response from Doug Scott, John Yap or Suzanne Anton (or anyone from the government), I guess they are just hoping we’ll go away if they ignore us, but they can’t ignore us all!
Here are some of the articles and clips that have turned up since Friday:
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/sobering-details-part-of-b-c-liquor-laws-overhaul-1.1880454
http://metronews.ca/news/victoria/1074213/b-c-s-happy-hour-hard-to-swallow-for-some/
https://soundcloud.com/cknwnewstalk980/simi-sara-thu-july-3-new-happy
http://fairchildtv.com/news.php?n=80418728f131ff0a2b48614529fbf9f3
http://globalnews.ca/news/1431177/unhappy-hour-in-b-c-some-bars-forced-to-raise-prices/
http://barleymowat.com/2014/07/04/why-you-should-complain-about-unhappyhour/
Chart showing minimum beer pricing across Canada http://ow.ly/i/685qO
http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2014/06/23/join-campaign-to-fix-happy-hour
https://www.facebook.com/FixBCHappyHour
http://eastsidebeer.blogspot.ca/2014/06/open-letter-to-suzanne-anton-john-yap.html
CKNW Reality Check:
http://eastsidebeer.blogspot.ca/2014/06/43-price-hike-does-not-sound-like-happy.html
http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2014/06/24/BC-Screwed-Up-Happy-Hour/
John Yap responds http://globalnews.ca/video/1432656/unhappy-hour-in-b-c
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2014/06/20/happy-hour-finally-comes-to-b-c/
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2014/06/24/beer-drinkers-protest-b-c-s-happy-hour-price-hike/
I’ll write them a letter and I’m sure others will too. However, to make it as easy as possible for us to do so, I think it would be a great idea to include contact info for whoever we should direct a letter to.
This has got to be the worst case of our government saying one thing and doing something else. When “Happy Hour” means higher prices for the consumer surely this means we have an idiot government.