Too bad Miller blew it in the first place. All that "bag revenue" could & should have been collected for the overdue subway lines we desperately need, with ongoing revenue add every year to this ongoing project. That would add up to hundreds of $millions, to substantially offset the costs! Instead, the clowns downtown never bothered to channel it into a dedicated fund for transit, and now they've banned the bag altogether, leaving customers stuck holding the bag for the extra charges anyway! And let's not forget the HST on top of the nickel so McSquinty can hose & screw us too! On principle I won't pay for bags anymore & will leave the groceries or other merchandise at the counter of any store that keeps charging for them. Is there ANY decency or good old fashioned customer service left in this city? Those are the ones I'll give my business to. I have no use for most of this dysfunctional clown council and feel bad for Mayor Ford having to clean up decades of city messes and transit delays for over 30 years now! This is why Toronto has lost its status as a once great, world class city.

FYI - companies like Home Depot will not allow you to take their hand held baskets out of the store for you to use to carry your merchandise to your car. Also, in order to minimize the potential E Coli contamination of reusable bags, why isn't there a swap program. I bring in my dirty METRO bag, for example, and they give me a clean one. Whether I was it or they do we are still using tones of electricity to heat the water to the point where the E Coli is killed. For that HUGE advertising on those bags, and the fact I use them at other stores....they should pay me to use it !!!!!