Toronto is the only Canadian city with a mandatory fee on plastic bags, but Mayor Rob Ford has repeatedly attacked the fee. Plastic bags take a tremendous amount of resources, including fossil fuels, to produce, and as pollution, they stick around forever. cc
by CuttlefishThe Dominion is a monthly paper published by an incipient network of independent journalists in Canada. It aims to provide accurate, critical coverage that is accountable to its readers and the subjects it tackles. Taking its name from Canada's official status as both a colony and a colonial force, the Dominion examines politics, culture and daily life with a view to understanding the exercise of power.