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Those same rules are allowing some restaurants / small businesses to continue to survive and thrive. Why are restaurants continuing to open across Alberta then? Spending on restaurants is just as good as it was pre-recession, and there are many, many options for people to enjoy. I am not sure why you are lumping restaurants/small businesses that are making it work? Maybe the business model has changed - including the effect Skip the Dishes has had on the local restaurant economy, which has resulted in an exploding market for direct-to-home restaurant sales and the emergence of Ghost kitchens across the province.

I agree with government having to relax some of their business tightening decisions, but at some time small businesses have to play the game within the given system - there are thousands of businesses out there doing just that and not in trouble.