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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
It has a lot to do with the social reform movement and prohibition. It's been a hundred years but the footprint is still there with respect to how liquor laws operate.
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Anglo Canada held onto its puritan roots for way too long. We still continue to do so, despite having very few actual puritans anywhere.
Canada has a history of being totally reluctant to change liquor laws, despite being well behind societal norms.
Saskatchewan still had men only drinking establishments in the 1970s:
https://www.sasktoday.ca/north/opini...-1960s-4126158
In BC, all drinking establishments had to have separate entrances for men and women until 1964.