Toronto restaurant now charges customers a "carbon fee"
ยท Mar 10, 2024 ยท NottheBee.com

It's not cheap to eat out. "Foodflation" is REAL, and it's getting increasingly expensive to feed ourselves, let alone go out to eat and enjoy a nice restaurant.

And don't get me started on tipping culture. These servers seriously pass you a credit card machine that asks you for a tip starting at 20 or 25%!

Now, just to make our wallets hurt a little more, a Goodfellas pizzeria in Toronto has started charging customers a 2% "carbon fee" on all bills.

The restaurant can only get away with this extra charge by calling it a "fee." According to the Canadian Federation Of Independent Business, the carbon fee is "completely legal" as long as "it's not called a tax."

A local man, Joseph Christiano, recently dined at the restaurant and only noticed the new "fee" on the bill on his way out. When asked if a carbon fee would make him think twice before dining at the establishment again or any other, he told CTV News that he could probably "live with 2%," but if they start charging 10% or more, that's when he'll start cooking at home.

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Toronto already has a 13% tax.

Is this guy seriously saying he is going to wait until the new restaurant carbon tax โ€” I mean, carbon "fee" โ€” doubles the tax we're already paying before taking a stand?

I mean, how much methane do they expect you to produce after consuming their pizza?

So, how does this restaurant justify its phony "fee?"

The bottom of the receipt reads:

What we eat fuels climate change. Adding 2% to every restaurant bill to invest in carbon capture will help offset our carbon footprint.

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"Carbon capture."

"If I pay a tax to this restaurant maybe it'll make the weather gooder! I am smart!"

This type of carbon fee has yet to be the norm in Toronto, but give it time, my friends. Give it time.


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