Public to consult on circulars
Since 80% of us are concerned about circulars – in practice, this means Publisac – enough to sign a petition asking for consultation, a consultation we will have, later this fall.
Do people really not know you can go to your borough office and get a sticker for your mailbox that indicates you don’t want them? Works for me.
JaneyB 08:09 on 2019-09-19 Permalink
Went to the dollar store and got a sticker. Works like a charm. For those who read the grocery flyers, try instead: http://www.supermarches.ca/ or https://www.salewhale.ca/en/
Chris 08:56 on 2019-09-19 Permalink
Publisac is probably my favourite example of how little society is willing to give up for the environment. These should be opt-in not opt-out. But corporate “rights” always win over the environment. Their “right” to advertise trumps everything else. Forget about giving up cars, or oil, or anything difficult. We can’t even give up garbage attached to our doors. 🙁
CE 10:23 on 2019-09-19 Permalink
In my building, I have no way to opt out as I have nowhere to put a sticker. The mailboxes are in the foyer which is locked and the Publisacs are just left in a bundle of 6 in front of our door. Usually most of them just sit there until someone throws the whole bundle in the recycling.
SMD 11:41 on 2019-09-19 Permalink
The stickers don’t work for me, we still get them and put them directly in the recycling. What a massive waste of paper, plastic, time and money. I don’t know why we would ask people to opt out – especially if 80% of us don’t want them – instead of asking the 20% who want them to opt in.
Kate 11:50 on 2019-09-19 Permalink
I guess I’m lucky to have an individual mailbox and an obedient delivery person.
I’m out of this loop since I haven’t accepted the Publisac for years. Doesn’t it also include the local weekly, or has that been gone for a long time already? (This is particularly directed to SMD because we both live in the same borough.)
SMD 11:56 on 2019-09-19 Permalink
Our local weekly hasn’t been included in years. 🙁
Blork 12:16 on 2019-09-19 Permalink
I get two or three different local weeklies in my Publisac, which sort of boggles my mind.
SMD 12:34 on 2019-09-19 Permalink
Yes, if they are published by Transcontinental (which also owns Publisac) then you’ll likely get them. Another reason why they don’t want to go opt-in, as it artificially boosts their readership numbers and thus how much they can charge for ads in the free weeklies.
Ephraim 14:07 on 2019-09-19 Permalink
I use Reebee, which is great, because you can search for a product and then have Maxi price match.
Kevin 15:14 on 2019-09-19 Permalink
As I was reminded my child’s meet the teacher meeting on Monday — lots of people do not have internet at home, or don’t have enough data to use it skimming GB-gobbling stuff like images of flyers.
Having never received a Publisac in the lifetime of that child, I don’t care one way or the other what happens to that thing.
Faiz Imam 16:37 on 2019-09-19 Permalink
I guess I’m the odd one out, but I really appreciate Publi-sac.
As long as I can remember, my mom would take all the flyers from the publi=sac, select all the grocery stores and pharmacies, and make a shopping list of what we wanted to buy from which store. It was excellent frugal shopping.
I don’t do it as often, but I try to do the same, and I appreciate all the flyers showing up weekly so that i can scan through them quickly at once.
SMD 21:29 on 2019-09-20 Permalink
Yes, and you should be able to put a sticker on your mailbox to make sure that you get every single one. The consultation won’t be pro- or anti- Publisac, but rather about its delivery method.