Mayor Rob Ford says he didn’t campaign for office on a promise to scrap the 5-cent plastic bag fee but he now wants to get rid of it.
Ford said on his Sunday radio talk show that the tax, introduced in June 2009, by then-mayor David Miller, has served its purpose.
“This bag tax has been around too long,” Ford said on his CFRB radio program which included his brother, Councillor Doug Ford, and featured a special Mother’s Day appearance by their mother, Diane.
Monday, Ford will urge members of the executive committee, which he chairs, to scrap the 2009 bylaw, which has helped curb annual plastic bag use in the city from 457 million bags to 215 million as people switched to reusable bags.
Toronto News: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford wants to scrap 5-cent plastic bag fee - thestar.com
Ford said on his Sunday radio talk show that the tax, introduced in June 2009, by then-mayor David Miller, has served its purpose.
“This bag tax has been around too long,” Ford said on his CFRB radio program which included his brother, Councillor Doug Ford, and featured a special Mother’s Day appearance by their mother, Diane.
Monday, Ford will urge members of the executive committee, which he chairs, to scrap the 2009 bylaw, which has helped curb annual plastic bag use in the city from 457 million bags to 215 million as people switched to reusable bags.
Toronto News: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford wants to scrap 5-cent plastic bag fee - thestar.com