Plastic bag backfire for Toronto Mayor

[cindybubbles]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...ag-ban385.html

I think that this vote was the councillors' way of getting revenge against Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.

[Aria]

Good for him! I can't figure out why they're doing this. Plastic bags are recyclable!

Ooops, haha, I misread... what's the mayor been doing to piss off the Councellors? Not that I care too much as I'm in the West.

[cindybubbles]

Well, he wanted to save the surplus to fund the extension of the Sheppard Subway, instead of using it to keep some schools, parks, libraries and other city-operated services open. He also opposed the less-expensive light rail transit option that they suggested instead of the subway.

I almost forgot to mention that scrapping the plastic bags wouldn't have happened if he hadn't brought up scrapping the 5-cent bag fee. I could go into more detail, but that would be Fratching territory.