Quebec town bans plastic bags at stores
Huntingdon, Que. - The small town of Huntingdon is banning stores from using plastic bags, starting this January.
Mayor Stephane Gendron says any supermarket, pharmacy or other store that uses plastic bags in the town, southwest of Montreal, will be fined a minimum $1,000.
Gendron said today that his town council will pass a bylaw outlawing plastic bags but merchants will have until Jan. 1 to get ready for the change.
The Manitoba town of Leaf Rapids was the first community in Canada to ban plastic bags.
well, this idea has it's merits and all but there are just some time when you need a plastic bag! does this mean the town residents need to go out and by a couple dozen of those eco bags some stores are now promoting?? more importantly, what will the pooper-scoopers use??
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