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Some Montreal bar owners plan to reopen in defiance of province
[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]To add to the irritation, the Quebec government has loosened restrictions by allowing restaurants to sell alcohol without a meal, pushing them onto the bar owners’ perceived turf.Quebec Premier Francois Legault and the province’s director of public health have argued that drinking in bars takes place in a “different context” than restaurants.“There is a difference between bars, where everyone is standing closer to each other, and restaurants, where the number of people is limited at each table and at a distance,” Legault said Monday.But Siozios points out that the rules, as written, would allow some nightclubs and strip clubs to open, because they have kitchens,