Ontario Premier Doug Ford has requested the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) to bring back the use of paper bags at its stores. The move aims to address concerns about additional expenses for Ontario families and promote sustainability.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford ’s latest retail political gesture is just about the Doug-Fordiest leadership move conceivable. It has all the elements that are quintessentially him: booze, consumer politics , populist appeal, and a sprinkle of triviality. It also happens to be a good idea, which is why Mr. Ford will coast happily on his fumes, even if it’s emblematic of the more cartoonish elements of his premiership.
The change is a win for Mr. Ford and a win for common sense, which has been perilously hard to come by when it comes to policy-making on plastics and other packaging.’s ban on what it calls “single-use plastics,” which was overturned by a federal court in November, never made much sense considering that studies havethat the majority of consumers were, for example, reusing plastic grocery bags to line their garbage bins.
Research has also shown that from a production perspective, the environmental impact of reusable bags – and even paper bags – is much more significant than that of plastic. Ashowed that reusable cotton bags have to be used at least 131 times, and paper bags at least three times, to equal the environmental impact of a single plastic bag. Plastic bags simply require less energy and less water to produce, though they of course take longer to break down and contribute to plastic pollution.
Still, various jurisdictions have continued chugging along at efforts to regulate the use of plastic and other single-use materials. Late last year, Toronto’s city council passed arequiring that the distribution of single-use take-away items only be provided at a customer’s request. Calgary’s city council approved a similar bylaw in January, 2023, butMr. Ford has tapped into that same sentiment here, which is something he has generally excelled at over the course of his premiership.
Mr. Ford is great at the small stuff. It’s just such a nuisance he’s tasked with running an entire province, too.
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