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Originally Posted by Corndogger
They were $12 which shouldn't have been an issue for the vast majority of money.
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How many dollars are we talking about in total?
I'm kinda split on this, as we shouldn't have barriers to the library, and the numbers we're able to serve are massive. Frankly speaking, cutting arts a pinch to ensure full free public access to libraries is acceptable in my view. Didn't the recent construction just come in under budget by like $10M?
Also, does someone have public library membership rates for across Canada?
[EDIT] quick search finds Edmonton is free, Waterloo is free, Vancouver is free, Toronto is free. Some charge if you are outside of the region, so Airdrie freeloaders, as an example. I guess we could nickle and dime our citizens on this one and be comfortable at being a second-rate city - but personally I'm not for that. I think it is sad that many who don't read are against free access, when it is free access that will get their kids out of illiteracy.
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