Socialists hate competition and free market economies.
Why not just have one restaurant, and let the state own it.
[eyeroll] What if Montreal-ers actually want to eat out that much? What if one of the new ones that’s being locked out might actually be better than one of the existing ones? What if we let people vote with their Canuck dollars, or Quebecois francs, or whatever the hell Montrealers have in their wallets, and let the cream of the restaurant business rise to the top?
So they are banning new restaurants in Montreal, because they have enough, per the city officials???
I know I’m prone to “capitalist” thinking, but, isn’t this an area where the market will decide how many restaurants are enough??? And that those restaurants who don’t attract enough business will go under??
Do we really want to see government artificially limit the number of any type of business??
What if someone wants to open a new restaurant, perhaps offering a different type of food than existing restaurants have? Wouldn’t we want the market to decide if this new type of food will find enough people to patronize such a restaurant and keep them in business?
This sounds like bad news to me.
I, for one, am happy that the government of Montreal is stepping in to protect the city’s residents from the twin perils of good food and economic development.
Every attempt to regulate the market leads to higher cost, worse service, and bad products.
This will work exactly like Rent Control...................
So even if you suck you get to stay open!
U.S. cities usually do the same via liquor licenses.
It seems the socialists have discovered the Montreal limit for poutine shops...