Perhaps. The handful of ByWard shop-owners and retailers I recently spoke with were open to the measure. Pat Nicastro at La Bottega, for example, while conceding that much more needs to be done in the long term, described the announcement as a positive solution. “This is going to help businesses,” he said. “The three things we need are safety, cleanliness and convenience. As businesses, we’re ecstatic about this.”
