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<title>Shane</title>
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Toronto bans shark fin
CBC News Posted: Oct 25, 2011 10:42 AM ET
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Before the vote Mayor Rob Ford said he didn't think it was the city's responsibility to ban the sale of shark fins and that he wouldn't support the motion.

"I don't think it's in our purview to do that," he told CBC. "If other councillors want to do it it's an open vote. It's been going on for so long I don't know why it's an issue now."
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/10/25/shark-fin-ban-vote.html

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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382981</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 13:20:58 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Jack</title>
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I still need plastic bags to catch and throw out my garbage with so it's not like a plastic bag ban would have turned plastic bag use from 100% to 0%.  That's absurd.  The only effect of such a ban would have been that we will have to pay for big garbage bags...but once again...plastic bag usage would still persist.  I can't use reusable cloth bags or paper bags to dispose garbage in.  I would rather get my garbage bags for free instead of paying Glad for them.  That's just common sense.  That's what David Miller was missing when he imposed this $0.05 fee and what David Shiner and those dumb ass councillors were missing when this ban was voted in.  You just make us pay more for ZERO effect on plastic bag usage.  

And to David Shiner...I'm NEVER voting for you ever again!!!]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:00:32 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Jaki</title>
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this is great news!!!..
for folks like us living in the city... you need bags to carry things when you have to walk take ttc everywhere- I will still use my cloth bags - but it is great to know that I can still get a bag- btw.. I reuse those said bags over and over again.. so it does get recycled. and better to use these bags- then have to buy new garbage bags- which totally contradicts the purpose of being green..
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:12:30 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Ace McNugget</title>
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Yes Jay, the city is in a much worse state than it was when ROb Ford came into office.  No matter how many problems people had with his proposed policies (and there were a lot) so many people preferred instead to point out that he was overweight and focus on his eating habits.  These sort of comments were usually smug and in very poor taste and would normally only befit the pages of some tawdry gossip magazine.  Then when a committed group of people couldn't take the fact that he was elected mayor of this city using established democratic process they didn't want to waste their time opposing his policies and instead decided to try to oust him on a technicality over a relatively small infraction which, frankly, should have been tackled at the time.  

Yes, this is now a city of gossip mongerers who want to overturn every democratic decision they don't agree with.  Welcome to the new Toronto]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382470</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:17:28 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Jay</title>
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@ Brad - a little tongue in cheek but you're so correct. This whole incident of using a minor technicality to remove an elected politician has set a bad precedent.  Even Adam Vaughan said this fiasco is not good. This city will be run by lawyers in short time. Short sighted action by a few to win a battle. In the end this will be bad for everyone.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382365</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 06:35:56 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Brad</title>
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Thank goodness the city is now run by lawyers.

I like the bags]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382335</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:54:52 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Ford4ever</title>
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Suds, you talk as though the Left has a monopoly on hypocrisy ... and dope.

Have you forgotten Rob Ford's arrest in Florida? Or Rahim Jaffer's coke charges here in Ontario?

Everyone talks big on law and order, but they sure are glad for leniency when it suits them.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382331</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:49:08 EST</pubDate>
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<title>WEB</title>
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What Chris does is the best thing for the environment.  Is it better to: 1) Pack your groceries with a plastic bag, then use that bag for another use; or 2) Pack your groceries with a plastic bin or reusable bag, which will get thrown out sooner or later AND then buy plastic bags for the same things that Chris uses his plastic shopping bags for?  

I guess the problem is, not everyone will do what Chris does and thus banning plastic shopping bags is better for the environment.   

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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:35:48 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Suds</title>
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Gotta love the hypocracy of all the lefty hipsters. All of sudden the law is the law, it's black or white, guilty or not, even if it's a technicality. Funny how they don't use the same reasoning when protesters smash windows or apply it to one of their hug-a-thug programs. Marijuana is illegal but we should just let that slide at one of your weekend drum circles in the park, eh? It's OK to break the law as long as it supports a lefty cause. Next time a lefty councillor gets caught at a rub-and-tug we should bring the hammer down!!! ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382320</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:46:05 EST</pubDate>
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<title>BM</title>
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How about donating the money to a worthwhile charity rather than the stores just making a profit from this.
This city is becoming a joke.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382312</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:10:57 EST</pubDate>
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<title>David</title>
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My local No Frills has been charging a nickel for bags for what seems forever. I have a choice, I can buy a bag (or two) or bring my own. I always bring my own, but since their bags are sturdy and very suitable as garbage bags, I do occasionally stock up.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382311</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:09:55 EST</pubDate>
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<title>BM</title>
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I absolutely agree Chris.  ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382310</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:08:21 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Stevan</title>
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Hey Stevan:

"The councillors", regardless of how much of a blow hard or douchebag they may be, are entitled to vote however they damn well please on any motion before council.  Even if it costs money.  Even if that decision is reversed months later.

Also, once again, for the record:  Rob Ford's current situation has nothing to do with $3000 technically.  He broke the law by voting on a matter in which he had an interest and willfully disregarded the act of parliament that governs his elected position.  Period.  None of "the councillors" did that.

You have no merit anywhere.
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382302</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:33:03 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Hamish Grant</title>
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Nope, not advocating a city ordered tax... I'm saying that retailers have been giving away bags forever but there's no reason they have to. If they want to charge, then people will pay it or use reusable bags.  Simple.  I don't even understand why this is a thing at all.  It's more than reasonable.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382301</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:28:59 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Steven</title>
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The money wasted by council from the start of the bag mess-up cost more than what mayor Ford was raising cash, about $3,000.

Don't think the mayor should lose his job, but the councillors... YES! This bag mess has cost US a heck of a lot more than $3,000. Think about other important matters that could have been attended to. The councillors made the bags a political issue. Hey councillors, better look for a job elsewhere come next election. You have no merit at city hall anymore!

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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382293</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:03:41 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Rmund</title>
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I'm a member of the "plastic bag groups", and I approve this article.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382291</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:55:44 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Aaron</title>
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I'm sure when they're done studying it they'll just recommend a 5 cent bag fee.  It was the right solution in the first place, and Ford just screwed things up as usual.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382287</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:18:24 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Gloria</title>
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I know re: Bargain Harolds! At first glance I thought it might be another story of old neighborhood photos. My childhood BH became a Biway and now a Salvation Army...]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382284</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:01:14 EST</pubDate>
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<title>PJ</title>
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I'm having trouble following your argument. Are you suggesting the City of Toronto place a mandatory $0.05 fee on plastic bags because retailers somehow deserve to be made whole on the distribution of plastic bags? 

If retailers want to charge $0.05 for a bag, they can. There is no law banning a fee. 

Again, there are a number of reasons for a bag fee, but the grocery stores suffering a "net loss" is not one of them. You are so far outside the realm of reasonable justification, it's absurd. ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382283</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:59:22 EST</pubDate>
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<title>j-rock</title>
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The democratic process did not "take a battering" this week. Rob Ford did. Checks and balances on elected officials' behaviour are a critical element of any functioning democracy.  And while you may not agree with the decision, this week proved, very clearly, that the system works.

He wasn't deposed by the military in a leftist coup, although if you listen to talk radio, that's pretty much how they see it. Rather, he was found guilty by a judge for violating a very simple law that he should have been more than aware of after having spent 12 years at city hall. Please spare us the dramatics.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382281</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:58:37 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Ford4ever</title>
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"in a week which has seen the democratic process take a battering"

Whoa! Whaaaaaaa?

An elected official ran afoul of serious guidelines, refused to correct his actions when given chances, and was removed. 

Harsh? Yes. But it's the system working more or less as it should. And our elected officials will decide how to proceed from here.



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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382279</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:50:20 EST</pubDate>
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<title>CaligulaJones</title>
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I have to start paying more attention to all these boomerang moments that some would call "decisions", but seem to have no relation to what the word actually means. For a minute there, I had a vision of an elephant walking down Jarvis, rubbing out a white line with a plastic bag, then heading back to the TTC tunnels.

I guess the first cold of the season and city council don't mix...]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:38:33 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Ace McNugget</title>
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But seriously, in a week which has seen the democratic process take a battering this ban being overturned is a welcome reminder that the public should be involved in the decision making process.  ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382275</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:36:41 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Ace McNugget</title>
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Agreed, Todd.  And to top it off no chain stores offer non-branded bags- it all ties into a broader marketing plan but they now offer us this promotional material at higher than cost price.]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:26:22 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Ford4ever</title>
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Where do you draw the line? Should there be a fee for produce bags? How about bags at the bulk counter?  

I like how the 5-cent fee got people thinking, but it's hard to defend the fee (and the ban) with logic. 

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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:26:13 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Todd</title>
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I'd buy your contradictory statement if grocery stores would reduce prices, but you and I both know they're not going to do that. 

Anyway you slice it, stores are now pocketing a nickel for something that was wrapped into the cost of the product (for decades) prior to this ban. ]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:22:37 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Hamish Grant</title>
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Entitlement at its finest!  You're just so used to getting something for free you can't see the illogic in it.  You don't take the cart away from the store, it stays there.  The interac/cc machine is there for your convenience but it also stays in the store, and provides valuable customer purchase tracking data to the corporation that owns the store and also to your credit card company.  Plastic bags are a convenience item that is removed from the store with the rest of the customer's purchases.  The grocery company has to recoup the cost of these bags, and has, before the introduction of the fee, been building this into the cost of doing business.  Now they have an opportunity to charge consumers for them, and I completely agree.  There's no such thing as a free lunch.]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:59:42 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Ace McNugget</title>
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Best news all week!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382258</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:58:12 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Jack</title>
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All this kerfuffle over plastic bags. Any wonder we can't get agreement on something as complicated as the subway/streetcar, oops excuse me, LRT, debate? ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382255</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382255</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:47:40 EST</pubDate>
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<title>WN</title>
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In the movie Groundhog Day, the main character repeats the same day over and over again, sometimes changing things to see if they make any difference.

Until the next election, every few months, we'll just keep on having more votes on elephants, plastic bags and various subway vs LRT and waterfront issues...

Bill Murray for mayor!]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:21:32 EST</pubDate>
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<title>PJ</title>
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The cost of a bag is no more a frill than shopping carts/baskets, the ability to pay with a debit or credit card, or any other operating expenses. The cost is built into the price of the product. 

There are a number of reasons for the $0.05 fee, but the grocery stores suffering a "net loss" is not one of them. ]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:06:15 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Hamish Grant</title>
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Honestly though, why shouldn't we pay for bags?  They are a product in themselves, and the people who spoke against the ban talk about how they have multiple uses in the home. So why shouldn't grocery stores monetize them?  If you don't want to pay for the store's bag, then bring your own.]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:02:47 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Alex</title>
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You really think the stores are going to stop charging the five cents? It might not be mandatory, but it's still additional revenue.]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:47:04 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Picard102</title>
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Good, the fee was the dumbest piece of law. Not only did it line the pockets of retailers, the city saw absolutely none of the money. Then to try and ban bag's altogether, it's bad comedy. ]]>
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<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382244</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:43:22 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Hamish Grant</title>
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I for one hope the grocery companies keep up with the 5c fee for bags.  No reason for them to stop, really. Bags have always been a net loss for grocery stores, it's time for customers to pay for what is essentially a 'frill'.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382242</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382242</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:39:34 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Arrow</title>
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Why do they vote on things they already voted on?? And now they'll discuss it again next summer?? What a waste of time. 

At least revert it back to the 5 cent fee!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382241</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382241</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:36:40 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Ed Conroy</title>
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Awesome Bargain Harolds bag pic!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382240</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382240</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:36:38 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Yang</title>
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So now we have no mandatory five cent fee and no bag ban? 
I guess Ford won that one.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382239</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382239</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:31:14 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Noel</title>
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Alternative ways of discouraging? What a joke. People are motivated by money. The change in behaviour shown by people not willing to pay as little as 5c/bag and preferring to bring their own bags instead said it all. 

Too bad city council doesn't care about the environment or waste.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382238</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382238</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:29:10 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Doug</title>
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Good to know that the plastics industry is making decisions for us at City Hall.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382237</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382237</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:26:33 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Benedict Harris</title>
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"Social engineering"! I think you mean "society".]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382236</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382236</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:22:44 EST</pubDate>
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<title>AV</title>
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What happened Chris, they strip you of your glorious MBA??? lol]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382235</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382235</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:22:38 EST</pubDate>
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<title>v79</title>
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Nice to see them recognize the error of their ways and make a wrong right. There was no angle from which this ban was a positive thing - not convenience wise, not environmentally and not fiscally. Sanity prevails, at least for a day, at City Hall.    ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382234</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382234</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:22:21 EST</pubDate>
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<title>CowgirlTO</title>
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I am getting whiplash from the decisions made by city council.  ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382230</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382230</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:16:15 EST</pubDate>
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<title>steve</title>
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Sober second thought is a powerful thing
It allows one to go back and correct mistakes.

Jarvis was a mistake, by Davy. It wasn't in the bike lane plan. He just threw it out there. The bag ban was a joke that came out of no where. No one expected it to pass and everyone was shocked when it did]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382224</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382224</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:00:02 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Chris on Bay St</title>
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I shop at Loblaws on Queen which still charges the 5c fee. I get a half dozen bags per week which I re-use for trash or carrying my lunch to work. I always re-used my bags so as far as I'm concerned the fee is a cash grab and a ban amounts to little more than social engineering.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382218</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382218</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:36:41 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Paul</title>
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I think the ban was ill-considered, but I definitely support bringing back a 5 or 10 cent fee for bags.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382217</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382217</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:33:44 EST</pubDate>
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<title>scott</title>
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This is the problem with having an incompetent mayor.  Instead of having any vision for the city, it's all just focusing over and over again on issues which should be quickly decided and left alone: the Jarvis Bike Lane, the 5 cent fee on plastic bags.  These issues were already decided.  There's been no need whatsoever to revisit either of these things.  Meanwhile, there are probably more important things going on in the city.  I'm looking forward to finally having a city council that might actually pay attention to nontrivial issues.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382216</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382216</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:31:46 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Ford4ever</title>
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Ha!

I hoarded incandescent light bulbs last year, preparing for the ban. Boy, did I feel silly when the province finally came to its senses...]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382214</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382214</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:27:54 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Todd</title>
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That's the sign of a hoarder-- a plastic bag from twenty years ago in pristine condition. 

Anyway, the ban was stupid. Very stupid. I just feel even more stupid for starting to hoard bags for litter and household trash. ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382211</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382211</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:18:53 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Big Fuckin Mega Boat</title>
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Oh, and thumbs up for the lead photo, brought back a lot of memories of the awesome outfits I used to rock from Bargain Harold's as a kid :D (velcro Ventures anyone?)]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382208</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382208</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:16:23 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Big Fuckin Mega Boat</title>
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Funny how quickly some people change their minds when the threat of legal action looms.  ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382205</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/11/council_throws_out_plastic_bag_ban_bylaw/#c1382205</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:12:18 EST</pubDate>
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