2019 city budget: Montreal looking into banning Publisacs

Montreal will look into the possibility of banning Publisacs — those plastic bags of weekly flyers that often end up in the recycling bin.
The recommendation was in a report by the city’s finance and administration committee on Montreal’s 2019 budget, which is being debated by city council Wednesday.
The committee, which submitted its report Tuesday after studying the $5.7-billion budget over two weeks, said the city should “evaluate the environmental and financial costs