{"id":5686,"date":"2025-05-15T15:58:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.restaurantscanada.org\/?p=5686"},"modified":"2025-05-16T10:08:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:08:35","slug":"restaurants-canada-supports-the-modernization-of-the-pei-liquor-control-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.restaurantscanada.org\/fr\/restaurants-canada-supports-the-modernization-of-the-pei-liquor-control-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurants Canada supports the modernization of the PEI Liquor Control Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Restaurants Canada was encouraged to hear Prince Edward Island\u2019s Finance Minister Jill Burridge, agree in the legislature yesterday that the time has come to modernize the province\u2019s liquor laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PEI\u2019s liquor control system has historically been more regulated than elsewhere in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Penalizing restaurants and banning servers from serving alcoholic beverages because minors are present during entertainment such as live music or trivia is very much an archaic practice. 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