The vaccine passport will be a thing of the past as of March 14, across Quebec, but not at the Chez Éric restaurant in Brossard.
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The owner of the establishment, Éric Luksenberg, wishes to keep this measure in order to ensure the safety of his customers, in particular those of a certain age.
“Me, people who are not vaccinated, I don’t want any!”, proclaims the restaurateur.
Mr. Luksenberg believes that a private establishment has the right to require the vaccination passport, even if this measure is abandoned by the government.
“Do we have the right, at the casino, to ask you for the tie? Do we have the right to ask you not to wear shorts?” he argues.
The latter claims that all his employees have received two or three doses of vaccine, without his requiring it.
“If the government is doing everything to make life easier for the unvaccinated, that’s their problem, not mine. I want my family, my employees, my friends, my customers and everyone to be safe in my restaurant,” says Éric Luksenberg.
A calculated risk
In addition, the restaurateur is not afraid to see people opposed to sanitary measures demonstrate in front of his restaurant. And he is ready to possibly lose a few customers by keeping the vaccine passport in his establishment.
Mr. Luksenberg does not want to start a movement and assures that he respects the restaurants which decide to welcome unvaccinated people.
“Too bad if I lose 10% or 20% of customers. The other 80% will be happy with me!” proclaims the restaurateur.