Ontario to legalize Tailgating - Wonder if Ford will allow selling cannabis too ?

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tailgating-legalization-budget-1.5088868

Ontario to legalize tailgating; amendment to be introduced in budget

Province set to announce legislative change in Thursday's budget
The Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 08, 2019 11:06 AM ET | Last Updated: an hour ago

Tailgating will be made possible by amending a regulation that sets out the terms for special occasion liquor permits. (Mark Blinch/Canadian Press)
Sports fans in Ontario will soon be able to have a drink and tailgate before a game.

The provincial government will announce in its budget this week that it will legalize the practice often seen in parking lots at sporting events in the United States.

Premier Doug Ford's executive director of strategic communications tweeted that the change means the government is treating adults like adults.

Tailgating will be made possible by amending a regulation that sets out the terms for special occasion liquor permits.

Permit holders would also be able to sell alcohol on their property.

The news comes after thousands of teachers and supporters descended on the legislature over the weekend to protest education changes, including larger high school class sizes.

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From the Sun:

https://torontosun.com/sports/baseball/ontario-to-legalize-tailgating-at-sporting-events

Ontario to legalize tailgating at sporting events
Steve BufferyMore from Steve Buffery


Published: April 8, 2019

Updated: April 8, 2019 2:46 PM EDT


Outside sporting venues in Ontario, you will no longer have to worry about being tossed in the clink for having a drink.

The Ontario government is about to make it legal for teams to allow U.S.-style tailgating outside stadiums and arenas.

Fans will be able to bring their own booze to games and sit beside their parked vehicle and drink and BBQ their own food — just like they do at professional and college games in the U.S.

“This isn’t all of a sudden going to be the wild west,” an Ontario government source told The Toronto Sun.

“You can do your BYOB tailgating, but obviously all the laws still apply. (The police) will still be checking for drinking and driving, they’re still going to be doing all the social responsible things. Adults know they can’t drink and drive. Adults know they shouldn’t consume too much. Some people could get carried away, but that’s going to happen whether you have tailgating or not. This is the just government treating adults like adults.”

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Tailgating is a huge part of many U.S. sporting events.

One just has to cross the border from Fort Erie to see how popular the practice is at Buffalo Bills games.

“It’s not just for Booze hounds,” the source said.

“The are families going down there and having their BBQs and doing their thing and it becomes part of their experience. Tailgating at Bills games is a great time and it adds to the atmosphere and adds to the fun. But when your cross the border (to Ontario) and try to do something similar at a professional sporting event here, it’s big government, nanny-state stuff. Again, we want to treat adults like adults.”

The amendment (to Ontario regulation 389/91) legalizing tailgating will come down when the Ontario government releases its budget on Thursday.

The amendment will also allow permit holders to sell their own alcohol on their premises (if that’s the way teams want to go instead of the BYOB option), like setting up a beer tent outside the stadium — something the Toronto Argonauts tried recently.

It will be interesting to see how an organization like Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment reacts to the new rule.

MLSE owns the Maple Leafs, Raptors, Toronto FC and the Argonauts.

Obviously a U.S.-style tailgating experience where you are allowed to bring your own booze and BBQ outside your vehicle probably wouldn’t work at a Raptors and Leafs game given the lack of open space and parking spaces near Scotiabank Arena.

(MLSE sells beer in Maple Leaf Square/Jurassic Park during Leafs and Raptors playoff games). But the new rule allowing BYOB tailgating might be a perfect fit for TFC and Argo games outside of BMO Field, which is owned by the City of Toronto.

One longtime Argonaut season-ticket holder told the Sun that he believes “real” tailgating at CFL games in Ontario would be a boon to the sport.

The Bills have remained hugely popular in Buffalo over the years, despite struggling on the field, partly because fans love tailgating.

In recent years, the Argos have struggled to put fans in the seats, even after moving from the Rogers Centre to BMO Field in 2016.

For many young sports fans in Toronto, the Argos have become an afterthought and attending games not an option.

BYOB tailgating could help change that.

The Ontario government is hoping that by allowing tailgating, more fans would want to attend events at stadiums throughout the province which would obviously increase revenues.

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Forgive my ignorance, as I'm not too familiar with Chucky Cheese. But do you mean there should be "something for the whole family" at one of Ford's tailgate parties ....like booze, cannabis, crack and all lol.
 
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reynescabruner said:
If they would include cannabis it would double the fun, for sure!
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From the article:
"The amendment will also allow permit holders to sell their own alcohol on their premises (if that’s the way teams want to go instead of the BYOB option), like setting up a beer tent outside the stadium — something the Toronto Argonauts tried recently."

What Ford should do is allow Farm Gate sales and Craft Growers could sell their own product. I am not crazy about Ford but that would guarantee him another victory.
 
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So there you are, tailgating, beer in hand... A really bad song comes on the radio, so naturally you hop in the car to change the station, and next thing you know, you're in handcuffs, being charged with impaired driving, you had the keys in your pocket, you were in the drivers seat...

Or, theoretically, a joint in hand... same story...
 
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lmao ..in canada ...you dont have to be driving ,,,just having your car KEYS ON YOU while you are drinking, now will see you slapped with an impaired charge
Hell They can now walk into any Bar where they sell booze and charge ANYONE who has car keys on them...if that person has been drinking.
 
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odam2k said:
So there you are, tailgating, beer in hand... A really bad song comes on the radio, so naturally you hop in the car to change the station, and next thing you know, you're in handcuffs, being charged with impaired driving, you had the keys in your pocket, you were in the drivers seat...

Or, theoretically, a joint in hand... same story...
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Thats what the remote that came with my head unit is for:bigjoint:
 
cannadan

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there is something inherently wrong about tail gate parties....like all the laws the concept breaks....
but thats okay...druggie ford says its good to go.
Oh you say the government will also make money off all the enforcement fines...hmmmmm
 
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