Starting on Jan. 1, 2013. The mayor was trying to scrap the 5 cent fee, but the counsellors surprised him by voting to ban plastic bags altogether.. and now he is pissed. A classic case of "be careful what you wish for" I suppose.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...ag-ban385.html
I am not really sure how to feel about this. I don't actually use them anymore. I have about 20 cloth shopping bags I take with me, but occasionally I ask for plastic bags because I use them as kitchen garbage bags. I don't actually live right in Toronto, so it shouldn't affect me, but I could see this spreading soon.