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CBC News, 4.2.07
The northern Manitoba town of Leaf Rapids became the first municipality in Canada to ban plastic shopping bags on April 2, 2007.
"Everybody's on board," Mayor Ed Cherrier told CBC News. "Our Co-op store and Fields, they're really supporting our initiative. And in fact, our Co-op store has offered a challenge to all of Federated to go bag-free across Canada."
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Globe and Mail, 3.22.07
The race is on to become the first town in North America to ban plastic bags, and two small Canadian communities are leading the charge.
Leaf Rapids, in northern Manitoba, is already trumpeting itself the winner, thanks to a bylaw facing the final vote next week. But the British Columbia mountain town of Rossland is hot on the Manitoba community's heels, surfing what the mayor says is just the crest of a national anti-plastic wave.
Globe and Mail
City News, 1.12.07
Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker (Ward 38 - Scarborough Centre) wants to reduce the numbers of plastic bags that Ontarians throw out - by 80% to 90% - by introducing a 25-cent per bag levy.
Said the Councillor, "It is a lot of money, and it's a lot of waste that's being created and it's a lot of energy being consumed to create a product that really is very, very bad for the environment...So what this would do, hopefully, is encourage people to go to cloth bags, paper bags and reusable bags."
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_6867.aspx
Westcoaster.ca, 1.5.07
Tofino’s committee of the whole backed recommendations that may soon require the district to purchase recycled office-supply products and hybrid vehicles. Committee members will also write local businesses, asking how the community can cut down on the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags.
Coun. Derek Shaw, the author of the resolutions, said the purpose of the policies is to ensure the District of Tofino promotes ecologically and socially sustainable products. He said council should consider joining a socially sustainable purchasing network.
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