Plastic bags banned in Toronto starting in 2013
Five new words Council: people elected to the government Set out: begin motion: a proposal Outright: complete and total out of the blue : happening suddenly and unexpectedly
News Start off a debate council set out a motion– urged on by Major Rob Ford Ford succeeded Also other council-David Shiner approved a other motion End up with outright ban Surprised: the motion came out of the blue from council David Shiner
Question What was the debate about? What was Ford urged on? Did he succeed? What was the other motion? What was the debate end up with? About getting rid of an unpopular five-cent fee for a plastic bag He urged on getting rid of the fee and he succeed in getting that fee scrapped The other emotion is prohibiting retailers from giving out or selling plastic shopping bag End up with outright ban on plastic bag on Jan1,2013
Discussion Do you support banning plastic shopping bags or not? Why?